Educative distributed virtual environments for children

Gerval, Jean-Pierre; Popovici, Dorin-Mircea; Tisseau, Jacques

doi:10.1109/cyber.2003.1253479

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“…Different disciplines involve the application of VR. Recent studies have recognized the potential of VR in education and in different disciplines (Win, 1993;Pantelidis, 1995;Byrne, 1996;Youngblut, 1998;Ainge, 2000;Kaufmann et al, 2000;Mantovani, 2001, Gerval et al, 2002Shin, 2004;Sala & Sala, 2005;Popovici et al, 2009, van Krevelen & Poelman, 2010, Matsuda et al, 2013, Soares Calado et al, 2013, Tsoupikova et al, 2013. Virtual Reality offers benefits that can support the education and the design project, in particular in the faculties of architecture.…”

Section: Virtual Reality In Architecturementioning

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Applications of Virtual Reality Technologies in Architecture and in Engineering

Sala

2013

International Journal of Space Technology Management and Innovation

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Virtual reality (VR) is a technology which permits to create virtual objects and 3D virtual worlds which are hosted on the computer’s memories. It is indispensable in critical simulation, for instance in military training, in surgical operation simulation, in creation of environments which could set off phobias (in psychiatry), or in realization of virtual prototypes, for instance in industrial design. The aim of this paper is to present how VR technologies also find excellent application fields in architecture and in engineering. For instance, in the teaching of the basic concepts, in techniques of graphic rebuilding for the building restoration, in realization of virtual visits inside buildings, and in urban generative processes simulated by computer. Another use of the virtual reality is in the introduction of a new kind of architecture: Virtual Architecture, strongly connected to the Information and Communication Technology (ITC) and to the Internet, and in the virtual prototyping which connects engineering and architecture.

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Section: Virtual Reality In Architecturementioning

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Applications of Virtual Reality Technologies in Architecture and in Engineering

Sala

2013

International Journal of Space Technology Management and Innovation

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“…In addition, the virtual space provides a dynamic and flexible environment where learners, especially distributed ones, can share information and form the environment according to their needs (Prasolova-Førland & Divitini, 2002). Currently, cyberworlds are successfully used for science (Shin, 2003), children (Gerval, 2003) and archeological education (Green, 2003). Creating cyberworlds as an educational tool for teaching computer science is described in (Gutiérrez, 2004).…”

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Cyber-Learning in Cyberworlds

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Prasolova‐Førland

2006

Journal of Cases on Information Technology

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This paper discusses the problems of teaching computer graphics and shape modeling in large and distributed classes using visual cyberworlds-shared media rich information worlds built on the web. Cyberworlds allow for providing personal mentoring to the students with different cultural and educational backgrounds. Virtual Campus of Nanyang Technological University is such a cyberworld, which is being used for teaching computer graphics and shape modeling. A part of this cyberworld is the Virtual Shape Modeling Laboratory. It is used by the computer graphics students for designing geometric shapes defined with analytical formulas. Augmenting the existing ways of electronic education with cyberworlds appears to be useful which was proved by the final exam results and overall attitude of the students. ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND "Nanyang" in Chinese means "south seas"-a reference to the Southeast Asian region. Back in the 1940s and 50s, many Chinese from mainland China ventured south to seek their fortunes in new lands. Malaya-now Singapore and Malaysia-was then known as "Nanyang" to the Chinese. After World War II, it was decided to start a university in Singapore that would provide tertiary education in Chinese in the region. On 23 March 1953, 523 acres of land was donated to the new Nanyang University, which was known as "Nan Tah" in Chinese. The modern Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (http://www.ntu.edu.sg) originated from Nan Tah. It is a comprehensive University designed to meet the needs of Singapore and the region. The University offers undergraduate and graduate courses in different areas of Accountancy and Business; Art, Design and Media; BioEngineering; Biological Sciences;

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“…Both tasks are already a challenge, but when faced together the challenge is even bigger. Education through elearning environments was already approached by several authors in various interesting approaches [2,4,5,7,8], however, most of them do not consider crosscurricular capabilities. On the other hand, our previous work covered cross-curricular abilities, but not under a virtual scope [6] In this paper, we are going to see how this problem was tackled for an optional subject called Web Services offered in the Computer Science and Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Extremadura in Spain.…”

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Teaching Web Services with Virtual Environments: Improving Cross-Curricular Skills

Ortiz

2009

2009 Fourth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services

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Web services is a mainly practical software engineering subject followed by Computer Science and Telecommunication Engineering students at the University of Extremadura. Although the transmission of the main the concepts of the subject in question must remain the main focus, the improvement of students' general skills claims for special attention with a view to business requirements. Besides, the mobility of teachers and students has increased notably. In this regard, new educational alternatives have to be found, not only to provide the possibility of studying a subject abroad, but also to improve cross-curricular capabilities. E-learning environments are the perfect answer to these requirements, where a varied range of activities and methodologies can be used to follow the subject virtually as well as promote cross-curricular skills such as addressing an audience, team work and preparing documentation. This paper describes the author's experiences with e-learning environments in the above situation.

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Educative distributed virtual environments for children

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Applications of Virtual Reality Technologies in Architecture and in Engineering

Applications of Virtual Reality Technologies in Architecture and in Engineering

Cyber-Learning in Cyberworlds

Teaching Web Services with Virtual Environments: Improving Cross-Curricular Skills

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