Working on educational content in 3D collaborative virtual environments: Challenges and implications

Proceedings of the 13th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, CATE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 183-190

  Prasolova Førland, Ekaterina ^a   Fominykh, Mikhail ^a   Wyeld, Theodor G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D collaborative virtual environments; Active worlds; Educational visualizations; Second life

Indexed keywords

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; ACTIVE WORLDS; CLASSROOM ACTIVITY; COLLABORATIVE CONSTRUCTION; COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS; LEARNING PROCESS; SECOND LIFE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84862072151     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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