MyLO: Collaborative Learning through Web-Based Courseware Applications

Abstract

As one of the key infrastructures within web-based learning, courseware is adopted by schools and university to enable a systematic learning delivery and education management. Students in both traditional face-to-face learning and online courses can benefit from this technology. The wide range of courseware platforms are supporting course needs by offering great flexibility in information delivery, communication services, and collaboration. This chapter looks at the role of web-based courseware in tertiary education, using MyLO (My Learning Online) as an example. It reveals that courseware systems like MyLO have a great potential in facilitating collaborations and enhance interactions among lecturers and students. To achieve this potential efforts from all perspective are required, including students, lecturers and faculties.