Title :
Architectures supporting e-learning through collaborative virtual environments: the case of INVITE
Author :
Bouras, Ch ; Hornig, G. ; Triantafillou, V. ; Tsiatsos, Th.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Technol. Inst., Patras, Greece
Abstract :
The growing need for communication, visualization and organization technologies in the field of e-learning environments has led to the application of virtual reality and the use of collaborative virtual environments. The paper presents a system architecture to support such environments, defined by user needs and using state of the art technologies
Keywords :
groupware; intelligent tutoring systems; teaching; virtual reality; INVITE; Intelligent Distributed Virtual Training Environment; collaborative virtual environments; e-learning; instructional management systems; state of the art technologies; synchronous tele-learning; system architecture; user needs; virtual reality; Avatars; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computer architecture; Content management; Electronic learning; Intelligent agent; Real time systems; Virtual environment; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madison, WI
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1013-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2001.943842
