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There are hundreds of courseware packages that enable distance = learning.=20 These range from general collaboration tools (like Lotus Notes, = Microsoft=20 NetMeeting, Novell GroupWise, and GroupSystems V) to specialized tools = (like the=20 popular Lotus Learning Space and WebCT) (Chaffee, 1998). Learning Space = (written=20 in Lotus Notes/Domino Server) is a powerful collaborative support tool = that=20 handles most aspects of online learning in a Web environment. =

Mottl=20 (2000) describes another courseware package, LearnLinc Virtual Classroom = (from=20 LearnLinc Corp.). LearnLinc lets online instructors control class = presentations=20 using synchronized multimedia and content over the Web. It also offers=20 application sharing, electronic handraising, and a =93glimpse=94 feature = that lets=20 instructors acquire a screen capture of any student=92s desktop. The = instructor=20 can use one-way streaming video and audio (streaming multimedia allows = users to=20 view or listen to a clip without completely downloading the entire file) = or=20 prerecorded communications, as well as two-way audio in multicast=20 audioconferencing. See the =932000 Buyer=92s Guide of Tools for = Conferences,=20 Meetings, and Distance Learning=94 (1999) for a list of available tools.

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=932000 Buyer=92s Guide of Tools for Conferences, Meetings, and = Distance=20 Learning,=94 Presentations, 13(12), December 1999.
Chaffee, = D.,=20 Groupware, Workflow and Intranets: Reengineering the Enterprise with=20 Collaborative Software. Boston: Digital Press, 1998.
Mottl, J. = N.,=20 =93Learn at a Distance,=94 Information Week, No. 767, January 3, = 2000.=20