Supporting collaborative project-based learning on the WWW
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چکیده
Zebu is an educational groupware technology which facilitates the use of standard WWW software to support collaborative project-based learning. This paper discusses the promise of Zebu in helping teachers and students overcome some technical and practical, educational problems inherent in WWW-based technologies, allowing them to more fully realise the potentials of the WWW as a technology for collaboration in education. Illustrations of the software are included to provide further detail of how the software addresses these problems. Keywords—educational groupware, collaborative learning strategies, design and interface issues, tools to support teaching in collaborative settings, WWW
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