A Web based Virtual College

The need for tele-education is rapidly growing. This paper describes a tele-educational environment and reports on experiences obtained during international trials. The tele-educational environment is build around the metaphor of a college. The virtual college offers the opportunity for students to participate in desktop tele-education from their homes or offices. The environment is based on Internet technology and the user interface is a common Web browser. Students navigate through the virtual college by entering classrooms, group rooms, studies, and teacher offices. During breaks students can visit a virtual tea room. Keywords: Group work, lectures, self study, tele-education, virtual college. 1. The Virtual College Tele-education will play an increasingly important role in the future. The need for education is rapidly growing due to the rapid changes in society. New technology is introduced with an astonishing speed never seen before. This makes vocational education at least as important as basic school education. Education will be a life long activity, and social and economic welfare will be linked with education. This is true for both individuals and countries. The propagation of the Internet now makes tele-education based on Internet technology possible in most places. Hereby is introduced a means to make life long education achievable in an efficient way