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The Testbed for Telecollaboration, funded by the National Science Foundation , is a project that was active from 1994 - 1999. It involved science classrooms around the world working together to design experiments, gather and share their data, and analyze the results. Students and teachers communicated using World Wide Web browsers and data analysis software, such as "Alice Data Tools."


Guided Tour - button
Our Guided Tour is the fastest way to learn about Telecollaboration. On the Tour, you will develop a research question, collect and upload data, retrieve and analyze data submitted by others, and join a discussion of the experience. The tour also includes Side Trips with additional information for teachers.


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Each Telecollaboration project participates in its own, unique Community Web. This virtual space contains tools for sharing experimental data automatically, an area for group discussion, and pointers to resources elsewhere on the Web related to the experiment. Read about four of these projects, examine their shared data and participate in their discussions.


Research - button The Testbed also includes a three-year research project to document the experiences of the teachers and students engaged in Telecollaboration projects. Read our newsletters and selected research papers. Download our Planning Guide for Network Science to start your own telecollaboration project.

Technology - button Although TERC no longer provides support for Alice Software, you can take a look at the Alice Data Tools Software and learn how new server technologies facilitate data sharing and threaded discussions groups.

About the Testbed - button This overview of the Testbed for Telecollaboration describes the mission of the project, introduces its staff, and acknowledges its main funding source. You may also search our website by keyword. Don't forget to sign our guestbook! And read the fine print, too.



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