Title :
Virtual buildings [fire protection engineering, education]
Author_Institution :
Fire Protection Eng., Worcester Polytech. Inst., MA, USA
Abstract :
Using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language, virtual buildings have been created for distance-learning courses in fire protection engineering. Through these models, on- and off-campus students have access to virtual project centers, which offer visual reinforcement of class concepts; link to experimental data; and form the basis for course projects.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; engineering education; virtual reality; distance-learning courses; distance-learning education; fire protection engineering; off-campus students; on-campus students; virtual buildings; Buildings; Educational programs; Fires; Foot; Multimedia systems; Performance evaluation; Protection; Software packages; Testing; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education, 2002. FIE 2002. 32nd Annual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7444-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2002.1158006
