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== Definition ==
== Definition ==


* Web-Based Training (WBT) is mostly a form of [[Computer-Based Training]]
* Web-Based Training (WBT) is mostly a form of [[Computer-Based Training]] and that generally uses a [[Learning Management System]] (LMS).


* It also is defined as [[E-Instruction]] or [[Web-Based Instruction]] or simply as [[E-Learning]].
* It also is defined as [[E-Instruction]] or [[Web-Based Instruction]] or simply as [[E-Learning]].
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== History ==
== History ==


* One of the first Web-based system was [[WEST]] (Web Educational Support Tools) developed at University College Dublin in 1995 (?).  It later evolved into the high-end commercial product [[http://www.wbtsystems.com/ TopClass]] System that is still sold. WEST back then contained already most of the features of a typical [[Learning Management System]].
* One of the first Web-based systems was [[WEST]] (Web Educational Support Tools) developed at University College Dublin in 1995 (?).  It later evolved into the high-end commercial product [[http://www.wbtsystems.com/ TopClass]] System that is still sold. WEST back then contained already most of the features of a typical [[Learning Management System]].


* It is interesting to know that even at the beginning of the Web on could find more advanced uses, e.g. Bertrand Ibrahim's [[http://www94.web.cern.ch/PapersWWW94/bertrand.ps World-Wide algorithm animation]] (Postscript file) presented at  the [[http://www94.web.cern.ch/WWW94/  First International Conference on the the World-Wide Web]].
* It is interesting to know that even at the beginning of the Web on could find more advanced uses, e.g. Bertrand Ibrahim's [[http://www94.web.cern.ch/PapersWWW94/bertrand.ps World-Wide algorithm animation]] (Postscript file) presented at  the [[http://www94.web.cern.ch/WWW94/  First International Conference on the the World-Wide Web]].

Revision as of 16:55, 20 February 2006

Definition


History

  • One of the first Web-based systems was WEST (Web Educational Support Tools) developed at University College Dublin in 1995 (?). It later evolved into the high-end commercial product [TopClass] System that is still sold. WEST back then contained already most of the features of a typical Learning Management System.

Standards

See E-Learning


References