In this chapter, we present the design and implementation of an integrated platform for Educational Virtual Environments. This platform aims to support an educational community, synchronous online courses in multiuser three-dimensional (3D) environments, and the creation and access of asynchronous courses through a learning content management system. In order to offer synchronous courses, we ha...

background: continuous improvement of quality in higher education is the ultimate goal of any medical school. evaluation of research and educational status makes it possible to judge about the quality of educational achievements in a system. thus we evaluated the educational and research status of microbiology and virology department, faculty of medicine in mashhad university of medical science...

Anatomical spatial concepts are indispensable in educational and clinical discourse, yet a system for representing these concepts has not been proposed. Guided by explicit principles and definitions of the Digital Anatomist Foundational Model, we developed an ontology of spaces, surfaces, lines and points that are associated with anatomical structures. Ontologies for Anatomical Structure and An...

Second Life is one of the social sharing spaces of Web 2.0 that is being employed for educational purposes around the globe. Over the past few years many conference presentations on Second Life have highlighted the potentials of its use in the formal education of neomillennials. This paper takes a different perspective. It documents the possibilities and the pitfalls of Second Life as a formal ...

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) allow students and teachers to have multiple levels of engagement in educational, mental and social spaces. It is supported that the socially alive presence of individuals and the educational effectiveness that is being expected of the overall experience is being affected by a) the virtual identity concept, b) a minimum set of functional requirements related...

Consideration to the natural elements, such as daylighting, at the earliest in the architectural design process is suggested by many as necessary for sustainable buildings. The implementation of a successful daylighting strategy in the design of buildings improves spatial quality and saves energy required, otherwise, for artificial lighting. Daylighting becomes a design mandate in the case of c...

This paper describes the development of an interactive 3D audio/visual and network installation entitled POLLEN. Specifically designed for large computer Laboratories, the artwork explores the regeneration of those spaces through the creation of a fully immersive multimedia art experience. The paper describes the technical, aesthetic and educational development of the piece.