Distance learning classroom using Virtual Harlem

Author

Park, Kyoung S. ; Leigh, Jason ; Johnson, Andrew E. ; Carter, Bryan ; Brody, Jennifer ; Sosnoski, James

Author_Institution

Electron. Visualization Lab., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

489

Lastpage

498

Abstract

Virtual Harlem is a virtual reality reconstruction of Harlem, New York, during the 1920s. It was designed to immerse students of the Harlem Renaissance directly in the historical context of the literature of that period. The goal of this prototype is to develop rich, interactive, and narrative learning experiences to augment classroom activities for students in the humanities. This paper describes a semester-long user study using Virtual Harlem in an English literature course and discusses our experiences of integrating virtual reality technology in the classroom

Keywords

computer aided instruction; distance learning; virtual reality; English literature course; Harlem renaissance; Virtual Harlem; distance learning classroom; humanities; semester-long user study; virtual reality reconstruction; Collaboration; Computer aided instruction; Electrical capacitance tomography; Laboratories; Libraries; Prototypes; Speech; Virtual prototyping; Virtual reality; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Systems and Multimedia, 2001. Proceedings. Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1402-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VSMM.2001.969704

Filename

969704