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Local CD‐ROM in interaction with HTML documents over the Internet
Author(s) -
Mattheos Nikos,
Nattestad Anders,
Attström Rolf
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1600-0579
pISSN - 1396-5883
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2000.040306.x
Subject(s) - the internet , distance education , multimedia , cd rom , computer science , download , quality (philosophy) , world wide web , mathematics education , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , operating system
The internet and computer assisted learning have enhanced the possibilities of providing quality distance learning in dentistry. The use of multimedia material is an essential part of such distance learning courses. However the Internet technology available has limitations regarding transmission of large multimedia files. Therefore especially when addressing undergraduate students or geographically isolated professionals, large download times make distance learning unattractive. This problem was technically solved in a distance learning course for undergraduate students from all over Europe. The present communication describes a method to bypass the problem of transmitting large multimedia files by the use of a specially designed CD‐ROM. This CD‐ROM was run locally on the students’ PC interacting with HTML documents sent over the Internet.