This survey examines the familiarity of students at Virtual University of Shiraz (VUS), as a first virtual institution in Iran, with the concept and importance of digital libraries. To do this research, a descriptive and survey methodology was used. Students of Virtual University of Shiraz in comprise the population of the study. Findings showed that more than 66 percent of distance students ar...

-Presented is the approach to the design of Virtual Information Space for a virtual/real university based upon the paradigms of intellectual software agent, multi-agent system, dynamic task-oriented agent community. Virtual Information Space is proposed as the unifying concept for the design of the distributed intelligent distant learning facilities. The particularity of the framework presented...

In den letzten Jahren sind erhebliche Mittel in die Entwicklung und Erprobung netzgestützter, multimedialer Lehrund Lernangebote geflossen. Jedes Bundesland hat ein eigenes Programm aufgelegt, um die Nutzung netzgestützter neuer Medien in der Hochschullehre zu fördern. Die virtuelle Hochschule Bayern, der Virtuelle Campus Rheinland Pfalz, die Virtuelle Universität Berlin, die Virtuelle Hochschu...

Individualised open and distance learning at the university continuing education and post-graduate education levels is a central issue of today. The advanced information and communication technologies together with several applications offer new perspectives, such as the so-called virtual university. Simultaneously, to gain market share, several organisational arrangements are emerging in the v...

Individualised open and distance learning at the university continuing education and post-graduate education levels is a central issue of today. The advanced information and communication technologies together with several applications offer new perspectives, such as the so-called virtual university. Simultaneously, to gain market share, several organisational arrangements are emerging in the v...