Real-time collaboration of virtual laboratories through the Internet

Computers and Education

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-140

  Jara, Carlos A ^a   Candelas, Francisco A ^a   Torres, Fernando ^a   Dormido, Sebastian ^b   Esquembre, Francisco ^c   Reinoso, Oscar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Distance education and telelearning; Interactive learning environments; Simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DISTANCE EDUCATION; E-LEARNING; FRUITS; INTERNET; INTEROPERABILITY; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LABORATORIES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SECURITY OF DATA; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

APPLETS; COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNINGS; E - LEARNINGS; E-LEARNING SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SIMULATIONS; HIGHER EDUCATIONS; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; JAVA SIMULATIONS; KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCES; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING RESOURCES; NEW TOOLS; PRACTICAL METHODS; PROGRAMMING SKILLS; REAL-TIME COLLABORATIONS; SIMULATIONS; VIRTUAL LABORATORIES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 56349091321     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2008.07.007     Document Type: Article

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