A platform for virtual collaboration spaces and educational communities: The case of EVE

Multimedia Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-303

  Bouras, Ch ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Giannaka, E ^a,b   Panagopoulos, A ^a   Tsiatsos, Th ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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

^c Greek Research and Technology Network GRNET   (Greece)

^d Greek Research and Technology Network ^*  (Greece)

^e ACM   (Greece)

^f IEEE   (Greece)

^g NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimedia interfaces for teaching and learning; Multimedia systems; Networked virtual environments; Virtual classrooms

Indexed keywords

MULTIMEDIA INTERFACES FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING; NETWORKED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS;

EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; TEACHING;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 33644961403     PISSN: 09424962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00530-005-0005-x     Document Type: Article

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