Abstract:Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to present the design of a context-aware service for synchronous support in web-based educational systems. Design/methodology/approach -The proposed service supports synchronous interaction among tutors and students, based on their current context, thus increasing the communication channels, the reasoning and the exchanging of ideas. Findings -The proposed service introduced here gives additional value to distance learning educational systems, as it transforms the web from… Show more
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