Distributed virtual learning environment: a Web-based approach

In this paper, we present a Web-based distributed virtual learning environment (DVLE) that could be used as a sophisticated tool for distance education and collaboration between teachers and students. We design and develop this application and the corresponding graphical user interface (GUI) as a proposal that aims at providing an integrated communication environment which supplies the communicative needs of an educational community, using the latest telecommunication and multimedia information processing technology. The environment that we propose can be used for virtual lectures, virtual conferences, and exchange of useful material and experiences among teachers and students. It is a Web-based application that is being developed as client/server architecture using standard protocols and technologies such as HTTP, HTML, Java and VRML.