In recent years, the usage of virtual worlds for educational purposes has increased. In this paper, we focus specifically on virtual campuses, i.e. virtual worlds representing real educational institutions that use the metaphor of a university and provide users with a range of different tools for learning. Based on the results of a case study that we have performed, this paper provides a set of...

ethic is a reflection and mirror image of dominant values in organizational activities and responsibilities. the present study investigates the experience and viewpoints of faculty members of payam-e-noor university of kerman regarding the factors that may influence professional behavior at the stable virtual university. the study analyses the contents of the interviews of 14 faculty members th...

BACKGROUND Help seeking for mental health problems among university students is low, and Internet-based interventions such as virtual clinics have the potential to provide private, streamlined, and high quality care to this vulnerable group. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to conduct focus groups with university students to obtain input on potential functions and features of a unive...

In the field of eLearning systems, several systems have been implemented in order to create a virtual university or virtual training center. By connecting several virtual universities together, we extend the concept of an online university setting to a virtual world where there is richer interaction between the players. In this virtual world, several universities can interact, the best instruct...

We present e-collaboration as an innovative e-learning concept, which provides three main potentials for e-business qualification. Collaboration in the virtual classroom develops the soft skills necessary for working in global virtual teams. Project experiences, based on authentic case studies, help students to transfer their academic knowledge to the e-business application level. Our problem-b...