Telematic Tools to Support Group Projects in Higher Education

We describe ongoing evaluations and new research on the use of telematic tools to support project work in higher education. Practical experience at our University has shown that project work can be implemented using the World Wide Web for many aspects of the project activities. The possibilities will grow with the introduction of groupware facilities in browsers. Among other success factors, the possibility to implement efficient and effective group and course management is essential for a more broad application of WWW supported project work in higher education. We describe a research project aiming at the integration of project management tools in a WWW environment. We will indicate how such educational tools will differ from project management suites for non-educational organisations.