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Virtual Tutor: A System for Deploying Digital Libraries in Classrooms

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Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology (ICADL 2002)

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In this paper, we introduce a collaborative learning environment called Virtual Tutor for exploiting valuable digital libraries for teaching and learning. Virtual Tutor facilitates the building of online lectures and their provision. It also supports collaborative and explorative learning. We describe the architecture of the system and its functionality. A summative evaluation is conducted on the system. The paper concludes by comparing the Virtual Tutor functionality with similar approaches and highlighting the strengths of the Virtual Tutor design.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK

    Joemon M. Jose, Hywel Braddick, Innes Martin, Brian Robertson, Craig Walker & Greg MacPherson

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  1. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Ee- Peng Lim , Schubert Foo  & Chris Khoo ,  & 

  2. University of Arizona, USA

    Hsinchun Chen

  3. Virginia Tech, USA

    Edward Fox

  4. University of Mysore, Mysore

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  5. IEI-CNR, Italy

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Jose, J.M., Braddick, H., Martin, I., Robertson, B., Walker, C., MacPherson, G. (2002). Virtual Tutor: A System for Deploying Digital Libraries in Classrooms. In: Lim, E.P., et al. Digital Libraries: People, Knowledge, and Technology. ICADL 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2555. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36227-4_31

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