01057nas a2200169   4500008004100000245006300041210006300104260001600167300001500183520046300198100002100661700002300682700002200705700002700727700002000754856011300774       1999                        eng d00aNetwork Based Information System to support ODL Activities0 aNetwork Based Information System to support ODL Activities  c8 - 11 June  a 117 - 1253 aThis paper presents the architecture, the design and the services of a network based
Information System that supports ODL (Open and Distance Learning) activities. The ODLIS
(Open and Distance Learning Information System) offers synchronous and asynchronous
distance learning and MIS (Management of Information System) services to support the
educational procedure. The ODLIS is a web-based application, which runs over the Internet
using real time protocols.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis1 aGkamas, Apostolos1 aTsiatsos, Thrasivoulos1 aKontogiannis, S  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/network-based-information-system-support-odl-activities01346nas a2200157   4500008004100000245007200041210006900113260002000182300001700202520078500219100002101004700002001025700001501045700001301060856011501073       1999                        eng d00aA Web-enabled Communication Environment for the Education Community0 aWebenabled Communication Environment for the Education Community  c25 - 30 October  a 1198 - 11993 aThe research and development of computer-based, networked learning
environments will be built around electronic communication and collaboration services that
will play a significant role in the improvement of the learning procedure. Applications of this
kind provide tutors and trainees with the ability of continual, close and efficient cooperation,
en masse as well as individually. The goal of this work is the presentation of a communication
environment that was developed in the framework of Odysseas project. The flexible design
and implementation of basic communication services, accompanied with a friendly user
interface, comprise an ergonomic environment and ensure the introduction of information
technology in education as a daily communication and collaboration tool.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKontogiannis, S1 aBazaios, A1 aZoura, A  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/web-enabled-communication-environment-education-community02189nas a2200193   4500008004100000245014800041210006900189300001300258520143500271100002101706700001901727700001501746700002201761700001901783700001501802700001401817700002001831856014401851       1998                        eng d00aResults and experience from the application of a common methodology for Users Requirements Specification in Distance Education using Telematics0 aResults and experience from the application of a common methodol  a 61 - 743 aThe cooperation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and the Educational communities, is
recognised as a necessity that must result in the adaptation and tuning of the education processes in terms of
pedagogical methodologies, school infrastructure, human resources development and organisational restructuring, in
order to efficiently absorb and utilize technological developments. The ICT community has to realize the significance
of the users’ needs, the difficulties of the intervention to an old and traditional process. And the need to view their
technology applications not only as a technical exercise. The initial phases of the TRENDS project, which are
described in this paper, resulted in an agreed common methodology for carrying out the necessary investigation of
the user needs in secondary education. This methodology, which was followed more or less in all participating
countries, produced answers to questions concerning the role of the educators and their basic training, their
familiarity with technology, education policies from a trans-European perspective, the content, forms and aims of
further training, the distance training of teachers in the use of new technologies, the motives, incentives and
organisational schemes for enhancing re-education, the needs of the educational environment and technology-based
training, the needs of the educators in practical didactic methods, etc.1 aBouras, Christos1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTsakarissianos, G1 aGarofalakis, J1 aAntonis, K1 aKastis, N1 aKontogiannis, S  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/results-and-experience-application-common-methodology-users-requirements-specification01619nas a2200205   4500008004100000245010300041210006900144260001700213300001300230520089300243100002101136700001901157700001501176700002201191700001901213700001501232700001401247700002001261856013201281       1997                        eng d00aConclusions on the Analysis of User Requirements concerning the use of ICT in the Didactic Process0 aConclusions on the Analysis of User Requirements concerning the   c14 - 19 June  a 13 - 183 aThe co-operation of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
and the Educational Society, is deemed necessary for the adaptation and tuning of the
didactic process in terms of pedagogical methodologies, school infrastructure, human
resources utilisation and organisational restructuring. The use of ICT in the classroom
should be viewed as a highly influencing tool that will support the educators’ effort for
interaction with their students, rather than as a technical exercise. The initial phases of the
TRENDS project, which are described in this paper, resulted in a widely accepted common
methodology, that complies with the international standards for determining the User
Requirements in the Secondary Education. The major results emerged from this survey are
presented here, as well as some common axes that deal with the application of ICT in the
didactic process.1 aBouras, Christos1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTsakarissianos, G1 aGarofalakis, J1 aAntonis, K1 aKastis, N1 aKontogiannis, S  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/conclusions-analysis-user-requirements-concerning-use-ict-didactic-process01913nas a2200193   4500008004100000245006100041210006100102260002200163300001500185520128800200100002101488700002001509700002201529700002001551700001501571700001501586700001701601856010101618       1997                        eng d00aMajor Principles on the Design of an Educational Network0 aMajor Principles on the Design of an Educational Network  c17 - 19 September  a 359 - 3663 aThe modern communication networks, apart from the specialized applications that they
offer depending on the nature of their target groups, they support a set of general purpose elementary
network services, that provide some essential communication facilities to the end users.
Regarding an educational network, these facilities include collaboration, navigation into the
information resources, as well as interpersonal communication, to the members of the Education
Society. In the sequel the major principles on providing these elementary network services are
presented. On-lline/off-line contact over an alternative means of communication among the members
of the trans-European Education Society could be an adequate reason for the deployment of an
educational communication network. This category of services will offer the members of the
Education Society the ability of exchanging opinions on educational and social matters, as well as
interpersonal messages, and collaborating. These facilities should be provided by already existing
network services, enhanced where necessary by supporting multimedia information exchange (mostly
off-line). In the latter case external media players of attachment viewers may be used for the
presentation of the multiple media of information.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKonidaris, Agis1 aSevasti, Afroditi1 aKontogiannis, S1 aFotakis, D1 aKatanou, A1 aStephanou, E  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/major-principles-design-educational-network01870nas a2200193   4500008004100000245008800041210006900129260001100198300001300209520119000222100002101412700002301433700001901456700001501475700001501490700002001505700001501525856013601540       1997                        eng d00aUsing Multimedia/Hypermedia Tools over Networks for Distance Education and Training0 aUsing MultimediaHypermedia Tools over Networks for Distance Educ  cSummer  a 20 - 263 aThe rapid developments in the Information Technology sector as well as the
deployment of faster networks brings us to the era of the New Information
Technology (NIT). The citizen of the near future must be able to use them else he will
be seriously handicapped in his everyday life. Thus NIT becomes part of the
educational process while on the other hand offers the tools and the infrastructure for
the establishment of the distance education process. The educators are one of the first
professions that must learn to use NIT and its tools. Multimedia/hypermedia tools
offer solutions to the problems posed by the distance education process. They can be
user-friendly and enticing and they can cover most, if not all, the needs of their users.
A lot of prototype systems (tools) for distance education have been developed, each
offering a number of functions that aid the process of distance education. The rapid
growth of World Wide Web is adding another factor that can lead to the wider
deployment of distance education systems. Although the value of distance education
is unquestionable there is still a lot of work to be done before a wide spread
implementation platform emerges.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTatakis, A1 aKontogiannis, S1 aFotakis, D  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/using-multimediahypermedia-tools-over-networks-distance-education-and-training01364nas a2200205   4500008004100000245007900041210007500120260001700195300001300212520061800225100002100843700002300864700001900887700001500906700001500921700002000936700001500956700001600971856017100987       1996                        eng d00aAn Interactive Cooperative Teleworking Environment-Tηλεµάθεια ∗0 aInteractive Cooperative Teleworking EnvironmentTηλεµάθεια ∗  c17 - 22 June  a 37 - 423 a<p>In this paper we present the design and the implementation of an interactive environment for cooperative teleworking. Telemathea offers tools that support the communication and the teleworking between tutor and trainee, who may reside in remote geographical regions. This environment offers audio communication over the network as well as support for joint editing of text documents and still images. It supports different audio coding techniques so as to adjust to the available bandwidth, and makes use of the RTP protocol in order to facilitate the exchange of audio and, in the future, video packets.</p>
1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTatakis, A1 aKontogiannis, S1 aFotakis, D1 aKyriakou, K  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/interactive-cooperative-teleworking-environment-t%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%C2%B5%CE%AC%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1-%E2%88%9700969nas a2200193   4500008004100000245005300041210005300094260002800147300001500175520035400190100002100544700002300565700001900588700001500607700001500622700002000637700001500657856010300672       1995                        eng d00aMultilingual Implementations of OSI Applications0 aMultilingual Implementations of OSI Applications  c30 October - 1 November  a 367 - 3743 aIn this work the problem of supporting multilingual environments over
OSI applications is addressed. Initially a solution based on the idea of using
multilingual structures and transcription techniques is presented. Another
solution based on the major principles of the former follows, which exploits
the coding of all of character sets uniformally.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis1 aSpirakis, Paul1 aLampsas, P1 aTatakis, A1 aKontogiannis, S1 aFotakis, D  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/multilingual-implementations-osi-applications