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ETHER
Experimentation Through HyperMedia: Education and Research
Vision:
- To perform research and disseminate expertise in advancing computer
and communications technology through hypermedia, from the perspective
of both local and wide area distribution.
Objectives:
- To conduct research about leading-edge hypermedia technology
and tools, especially in connection with the Web.
- To adapt methodologies from Artificial Intelligence and Computer
Graphics for improved hypermedia tools and applications.
- To investigate methods of improving both content and presentation of
hypermedia.
- To develop metrics of size, complexity, and quality for Web page and
Web site evaluation.
- To develop and evaluate Web-based education and training courses.
- To investigate tools and practices for electronic
group interaction in learning.
- To share information and promote joint research projects with other
groups, academic or corporate, with common interests.
Membership:
- The group is open to any interested Computer Science faculty,
staff, graduate students, and others by invitation.
- Current supporting members are:
Organization:
- We are associated with
ARIES, the laboratory for Advanced Research
in Intelligent Educational Systems of the Computer Science Department.
- We hold regular meetings with progress reports, presentations,
and discussion dealing with research projects, current teaching
projects and courses.
- A Web site is under development at http://www.cs.usask.ca/projects/ether