e-learning through distributed virtual environments

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-199

  Bouras, C ^a,b   Philopoulos, A ^c   Tsiatsos, Th ^a,b  

^a University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0035412328     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jnca.2001.0131     Document Type: Article

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