Applications of cooperative and communication work for educational institutions

• Grant number: 98/09865-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: April 01, 1999
• End date: September 30, 1999
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Rodrigo Cascão Araújo
• Grantee: Rodrigo Cascão Araújo
• Company: Ram Computer Systems Consultoria em Informática Ltda. - ME
• City: Campinas

Abstract

This project’s objective is the implementation of a computerized system for applications in cooperative and communications work specific to educational institutions via the Internet. The top priority of this system is to offer these institutions an alternative that overcomes existing obstacles. The system must be simple, efficient, functional, comprehensive, and easy to administer and operate. With the everexpanding use of the Internet, the worldwide computer network, educational institutions have increasingly begun to exploit its potential for accessing and publishing information, cooperative work and communication. However, there still are three obstacles that create difficulty or impede this use: the diversity of standards and the absence of a single operating environment; the demands for a broad body of technical knowledge for use with these existing environments; and lack of mechanisms that promote the participation of parents, teachers, pupils, and members of other institutions in the single collaborative context. The proposed system would be structured in a manner so as to simulate the working of a traditional school. All of the modules should be accessible via an initial common interface: the web browser. It would need to allow the publication of documents independent of platform and the format in which they are created. Its users should be able to make use of it from any part of the world via the Internet. It should allow the exchange of information between various institutions and the publication of internal activities of the institution for public access. (AU)