Personalised e-learning through an educational virtual reality game using Web services

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-71

  Katsionis, George ^a   Virvou, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Affective user modelling; Educational game; Intelligent tutoring systems; Virtual reality; Web services

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GAME THEORY; INFORMATION SERVICES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEB SERVICES;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; ADAPTIVITY; BUSINESS MEDIA; E LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARES; EMOTIONAL STATES; REMOTE ACCESS; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SPRINGER (CO); USER MODELLING; VIRTUAL REALITY (VR); WIDE-RANGE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 44949096293     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-007-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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