Virtual CSCL 2002: making the most of CSCL 2002 by extending it virtually

"Virtual CSCL 2002" is aimed at extending the process of knowledge sharing and creation by conference participants, organizers, tutors and authors before, during and after the conference. We will provide a collaborative learning support server, ALE-BSCW. ALE-BSCW consists of a course authoring and learning environment (ALE) and a Shared Workspace System (BSCW). Conference participants may register with the ALE-BSCW server and may view the uploaded material, comment on it, add their own documents, engage in discussion forums and much more; any Web browser will suffice to access ALE-BSCW. The server will remain available after the conference for participants to stay in contact and cooperate. In the following, we will very briefly describe the two components of the "Virtual CSCL 2002" server: ALE and BSCW.