B. Bredeweg, P. Koopman, J. Ruwaard, A. Lange, B. Schrieken,
J.P van Ven and B. Roosen. 1998.
Designing Counselling Systems for the WWW.
Webnet World Conference of the WWW, Internet & Intranet,
AACE: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education,
pages 86-91, 1998.
(html: webnet98.html)
Abstract
In this contribution we present the INTERAPIE system for counselling via
the WWW. Based on existing protocols for face-to-face treatment of traumatic
or stressful life events, an application has been developed that allows
patients and counsellors to interact via the WWW. The interaction mainly
consists of patients writing essays following assignments set out by
counsellors. The INTERAPIE system uses a database in which all relevant
information is stored. The WWW pages are adjusted to the activities
performed by the patients and the counsellors and are generated
automatically on the basis of the contents of the database. The INTERAPIE
system is different from typical WWW applications that are often
`search-oriented'. The INTERAPIE systems supports task-execution, i.e. it
provides the tools that help the patients and counsellors to carry out
activities as required by the protocol for treatment of traumatic or
stressful life events of these patients. What kind of additional constraints
follow from constructing this type of WWW applications is the research
topic underlying the INTERAPIE project.