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OverviewThere is a trend to offer courses by virtual means. This approach has definite advantages. For example, virtual programmes target professionals who would otherwise have to leave their jobs to pursue the degree. Many universities are in the process of developing courses in a virtual environment. This study deals with virtual environments for teaching and learning. The chapters can be considered to be representative of the many approaches taken and the diversity of applications. The different perspectives and different solutions adopted are the result of intense research in various countries in the area of e-learning. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert J Howlett (Univ Of Brighton, Uk) , N S Ichalkaranje (Univ Of South Australia, Australia) , Lakhmi C Jain (Univ Of South Australia, Australia) , Graziella Tonfoni (Univ Of Bologna, Italy)Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 17.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.771kg ISBN: 9789812381675ISBN 10: 9812381678 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 09 October 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsContents: Use of Virtual Worlds to Teach the Sciences (B M Slator et al.); Traditional vs. Technology-Integrated Distance Education (Z Erlich et al.); Facilitators and Inhibitors of E-Learning (J Liu et al.); Developing and Accessing Adaptive Internet-Based Courses (R M Carro et al.); Towards Intelligent Media-Oriented E-Learning Environments (M Kayama & T Okamoto); An Intelligent Tutoring System for Student Guidance in Web-Based Courses (B Ozdemir & F N Alpaslan); Automatic Generation of Problems in Web-Based Tutors (M V Belmonte et al.); The Design of Internet-Based Interactive Learning Models Using Agents and Their Applications (T Ichimura et al.); Supporting Personalization in Distance Education Virtual Communities (E Gaudioso & J G Boticario); An Intelligent System for Capturing Presentation on Desktop Manipulations - Supporting for Video Contents Production (Y Nakamura et al.).ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |