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IJVR
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Employing Virtual Lecturers' Facial Expressions in Virtual Educational Environments
This research began with a preliminary exploratory study that observed the relationship between the facial expressions of three human lecturers in a real academic lecture theatre a...
G. Theonas, D. Hobbs, D. Rigas
ECTEL
2006
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Virtual Action Learning: Experiences from a Study of an SME e-Learning Programme
This paper presents the findings from a project investigating management development for SME managers using an action learning programme, combining both face-to-face workshops and ...
Jean-Anne Stewart, Gillian Alexander
C5
2004
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Enabling Social Dimensions of Learning through a Persistent, Unified, Massively Multi-User, and Self-Organizing Virtual Environm
Existing online learning experiences lack the social dimension that characterizes learning in the real world. This social dimension extends beyond the traditional classroom into t...
Julian Lombardi, Mark P. McCahill
GROUP
2003
ACM
14 years 29 days ago
Collaborative virtual environments for supporting learning communities: an experience of use
In this paper we present the experiences of usage of Viras, a collaborative virtual environment for social awareness support in educational settings. Collaborative Virtual environ...
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland, Monica Divitin...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
The effects of empathetic virtual characters on presence in narrative-centered learning environments
Recent years have seen a growing interest in the role that narrative can play in learning. With the emergence of narrative-centered learning environments that engage students by d...
Scott W. McQuiggan, Jonathan P. Rowe, James C. Les...