Developing Web-Based Communication Media for Learning

Abstract

The use of information technology n the area of education plays a major part in oday's learning technology development. Many aew revolutionary ways of learning have been nvented, thanks to the progress of the information echnology. One of them that catches the world's attention is e- learning technology. The vast ;rowing usage of e-learning has just begun recently, not only educational institutions that are 'sing it, but many companies are also using it to provide trainiogs for their workforces. The :oncern of this paper is why e-learning usage is not available to anyone in any part of the world so hat each user can interact and share their knowledge each other. Besides, this paper also iiscusses how- web based communication media for learning can be developed as well as its :ffectiveness in view of its concept within the framework of e-learning. Using e-learning which is absolutely dependent an the internet in delivering its content is very plausible to implement the concept of social :ommunity e-learning site which emphasizes on user interactions rather than one way static :ontent distribution. Many social community sites have been created today, such as friendster and facebook. The idea here is to combine the flexibility of the social community site with the power of e-learning to deliver new revolutionary ways of learning. The content itself has to be rich and employs all available media, so that the users can choose what kind of learning materials suitable to their needs. In this case, the content has to be in the form of multimedia. By using multimedia technology which is very rich and convenient, learning aids can be delivered to users attractively. Also, this gives the users new experience in learning.