Shared virtual worlds for education: The ExploreNet experiment

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-154

  Hughes, Charles E ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Moshell, J Michael ^a,d,e,g,h,i  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g IEEE   (United States)

^h OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructionism; Distributed interactive simulation; Distributed objects; Graphical MUDs; Objectoriented simulation; Situated cognition; Virtual communities; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005380756     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005300050050     Document Type: Article

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