Generalized P2P Collaborative Technique for Multimedia based CBT

Abstract

The CBT based E-learning is a passive learning. The user is simply an observer. To make the learning process live, the active participation of the student is necessary. The collaborative learning is very effective solution to this problem. But the CBT kit users are geographically scattered. The collaborative learning of these students was an impossible task. The Internet and Peer to Peer network based collaborative tools shows the ray of hope. This paper describes the collaborative learning technique for such geographically scattered CBT kit users.The work has been done in four parts and took around 6 years. In the forth part, the P2P & Client-Server (hybrid) technology based Collaborative tool, namely Groove Workspace, has been used to create collaborative environment for geographically scattered CBT kit users.When applied, this technique has provided natural collaborative cost effective environment and produces very encouraging results at the cost of little extra time. For measuring the overall effect, the technique has been tested on four batches of students. This is a generalized technique and can be used to provide the collaborative environment to multimedia based CBT of the any subject of any discipline.