Integrating mixed-reality remote experiments into virtual learning environments using interchangeable components

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4776-4783

  Schaf, Frederico Menine ^a   Pereira, Carlos Eduardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collaborative work; Computer aided engineering; Educational technology; Learning systems.

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION SYSTEMS; COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; COLLABORATIVE WORK; COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING (CAE); CONTROL AND AUTOMATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM; LEARNING SCENARIOS; MIXED REALITY; OBJECT LINKING AND EMBEDDING FOR PROCESS CONTROLS; REAL COMPONENTS; REMOTE EXPERIMENTS; REMOTE STUDENTS; THIN CLIENTS; VIRTUAL DEVICES; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; WEB INTERFACE;

COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTS; INTEGRATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 77956609547     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2026369     Document Type: Article

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