The teaching and learning environment in a traditional classroom typically includes a projection screen, a projector, and a computer within a digital interactive table. Instructors may apply multimedia learning materials using various information communication technologies to increase interaction effects. However, a single screen only displays a single teaching view to learners. In this study, ...

E-Learning environments may contribute to the teaching and learning process if the integration is done within the framework of proper pedagogy. Building customized E-learning programs places high demands on design, programming skills, and time. An alternative to this can be deployment of courses within learning management systems. One such system that has been gradually gaining worldwide popula...

Interactive narrative environments offer significant potential for creating engaging narrative experiences. Increasingly, applications in education, training, and entertainment are leveraging narrative to create rich interactive experiences in virtual storyworlds. A key challenge posed by these environments is building an effective model of the intervention strategies of director agents that cr...

Electronic learning (e-learning) has gained reasonable acceptance from educational institutions at all levels. There are various studies conducted by researchers considering different aspects of e-learning to investigate how we can benefit in imparting quality education. However, there is a requirement to find out how researchers consider different sectors of secondary and higher education (HE)...

Distributed Learning Environments (DLEs) represent the hope that communications and information technology can improve and widen access to education while maintaining and improving its quality. Such multi–user environments consist of web-oriented networked applications and services. Our experiences so far have shown that good interactive response time is crucial to their success. Slow responses...

I. Abstract An Interactive Learning Environment (ILE) is a tool to convey learning effects about dynamic and complex systems. Knowledge can be packaged and delivered to assigned persons. By this, several pedagogical objectives are achievable: Teaching the capability to operate dynamic systems, awareness about effective delays in the system, focusing on the importance of feedback loops and their...

Recent technological advances have led to novel interactive software environments for edutainment, such as museum applications. These environments provide new interaction techniques for guiding visitors and improving their learning experience. We propose a multimodal, multi-device and location-aware museum guide, able to opportunistically exploit large screens when they are nearby the user. Var...

This course covers concepts, models, techniques, and systems for simulation and rendering of sound in virtual environments. It will focus on real-time methods for spatializing sounds in interactive systems. Discussion will include both technical aspects of algorithms and practical aspects of applications. So, the course is appropriate both for researchers interested in learning about sound simu...

Concept mapping is a tool to represent interrelationships among concepts. Relevant research has consistently shown the positive impacts of concept mapping on students’ meaningful learning. However, concerns have been raised that concept mapping can be time consuming and may impose a high cognitive load on students. To alleviate these concerns, research has explored facilitating concept map cons...

This paper introduces a novel kinesthetic interaction technique for interactive floors. The interaction techniques utilize vision-based limb tracking on an interactive floor – a 12 m glass surface with bottom projection. The kinesthetic interaction technique has been developed for an interactive floor implemented in a school square. The paper discusses the kinesthetic interaction technique and ...