JETS: Design and implementation of a Java-enabled telelearning system.

Abstract

Telelearning systems, in which students and instructors share multimedia documents in real time, have been a subject of interest for many years. Recent advancements in the Internet technology such as the emergence of Java-enabled browsers, VRML, Active X, and similar technologies have provided users with access to dynamic multimedia content and applications on the World Wide Web. One seems to be justified to take advantage of these available and widely-used technologies for today's interactive systems such as telelearning environments. In this thesis, a platform-independent, generic, client-server model for multi-user/collaborative applications through the Internet with emphasis on telelearning is proposed. The approach used to design the system ensures the operability and compatibility of the system with existing technologies and guaranties its accessibility by the majority of Internet users.