Collaborative work tools in learning environments: Application in the University of Las Palmas

Abstract

In this paper, we present HTC, an Internet package for collaborative work. This package is a collaborative and distributed application, which allows users to create their own individual workspaces, which, can in tum, be shared partially or totally with other HTC users. HTC fulftls the following basic objectives: intuitive and easy to use, easy to incorporate into an organization, and allows for global access to resources. Additionally, we present the tool's integration process into the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. From this integration process and the statistical results, we obtain some conclusions. HTC is in its evaluation phase in various Spanish-speaking universities and companies.