HyWeb: A Hybrid-Web System for Delivery and Enhancement of Web-Based and Traditional Teaching

Vicki Jones, School of Information Technology [HREF1], Griffith University Gold Coast [HREF2], Qld, Australia.v.jones@gu.edu.au

Greg Cranitch, School of Information Technology [HREF1], Griffith University Gold Coast [HREF2], Qld, Australia. g.cranitch@gu.edu.au

Jun H. Jo, School of Information Technology [HREF1], Griffith University Gold Coast [HREF2], Qld, Australia. j.jo@gu.edu.au

Keywords

HyWeb, Hybrid Delivery System, Internet, World Wide Web, Education, WBI, Australia.

Abstract

This paper discusses the development of a Hybrid-Web (HyWeb) System which uses a delivery method consisting of several components for use with Web-based and traditional teaching. HyWeb uses a Hybrid Delivery System (HDS) which was initially designed for use within a first-year Multimedia course, offered at Griffith University, Gold Coast. The program of study is delivered using a combination of online and traditional methods. This involves using the Internet with a variety of other media, which is supplied on CD. The amount of traditional teaching is reduced and the students realise an increased flexibility. The HDS evolved from a Flexible Learning System introduced in 1999 and, as the developers could see the potential of the system, it was further developed throughout 2000. Further development has taken into account both the limitations and the benefits found during the implementation of the Flexible Learning System. This paper will introduce a new system, HyWeb, the hybrid-Web teaching system developed at Griffith University, Gold Coast. Features of the implemented HDS will be reviewed and the newly evolved HyWeb discussed.