The Web in education

Computer Networks

Volumn 56, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3811-3824

  Allison, Colin ^a   Miller, Alan ^a   Oliver, Iain ^a   Michaelson, Rosa ^b   Tiropanis, Thanassis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D Web; Education; Learning environments; Open virtual worlds; Quality of experience; Quality of service

Indexed keywords

3D WEB; EDUCATIONAL THEORY; END USERS; IMMERSIVE; INFORMAL LEARNING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING MATERIALS; MANAGED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PROTOCOL COMPONENTS; QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE (QOE); VIRTUAL WORLDS; WEB TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 84870407217     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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