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6.1 Analysis <strong>of</strong> the pre-test interview 6 INTERVIEW EVALUATION<br />

resource for their teaching. However, HTML, XML, Java, Java Script, program-<br />

ming and authoring skills on the web were not present for 77% <strong>of</strong> the evaluation<br />

group. Only 22% <strong>of</strong> the group had some limited web-authoring experience (cf.<br />

table 15 on page 248). Additionally, it has to be observed that the technical expert<br />

group had more technical background in Internet technologies than the educa-<br />

tional experts group.<br />

6.1.5 Thoughts about using the WWW as a tool for education<br />

It was observed that 88% <strong>of</strong> the members <strong>of</strong> the evaluation group were convinced<br />

that the WWW will play a major role in education in the future. 11% <strong>of</strong> the eval-<br />

uation group were not absolutely convinced that the WWW will play a dominant<br />

role for education in the future (cf. table 16 on page 248). The general opinion<br />

was that the WWW will mainly be a support tool for teachers and students to<br />

deliver the educational content to the student.<br />

However, there were also some concerns regarding the WWW and computer based<br />

learning. None <strong>of</strong> the test candidates could imagine that traditional teaching and<br />

learning can be replaced completely by computers. 33% <strong>of</strong> the evaluation group<br />

stated that the students must be guided and instructed to use the WWW properly<br />

as an educational tool. Another 33% were convinced that the WWW as a tool for<br />

education will mainly be used to support standard teaching methods (cf. table 17<br />

on page 248).<br />

33% <strong>of</strong> the evaluation group gave no specific comment.<br />

Altogether, the WWW is regarded as a good opportunity to improve teaching and<br />

learning, but in the participants’ opinion, it still needs a lot <strong>of</strong> development.<br />

6.1.6 Experience <strong>of</strong> authoring WWW based educational material<br />

It could be observed during the pre-test interview that 33% <strong>of</strong> the test candidates<br />

had some previous knowledge about authoring WWW based educational mate-<br />

rial, but only as a medium for delivering files, for example a presentation. The<br />

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