This book explores the construction of beneficial e-collaborative knowledge environments from four vital perspectives: educational, psychological, organizational, and technical. It offers several scenarios where the implementation of e-collaborative knowledge construction is necessary and then...

"This book highlights invaluable research covering the design, development, and evaluation of online learning environments, examining the role of technology enhanced learning in this emerging area"--Provided by publisher.

"Using a case study analysis, this book provides a unifying perspective for discussing the viability of collaborative virtual spaces as training programs for insurance brokers, forums to support at-risk university students, simulations of historical places, means to aid autistic children learn...

1. Establishing identification in virtual science museums / Billie Jones -- 2. Free-choice learning research and the virtual science center / Kathryn Goldman, Lynn Dierking -- 3. Contextualized virtual science centers / Andreas Zimmerman, Andreas Lorenze, Marcus Specht -- 4. Starting with what...

Teaching and learning in the networked society -- Network learning culture and the emerging paradigm -- The metaverse: 3D digital virtual worlds -- Avatar: building a "digital virtual self" -- Immersion, telepresence, and digital virtual presence in metaverses -- Interaction and interactivity in...

The organization, functioning, and the role of libraries in university communities continue to change dramatically. While academic research libraries continue to acquire information, organize it, make it available, and preserve it, the critical issues for their management teams in the...

Advances in technology are making virtual education a force behind the educational policies and programs being developed for use in today's colleges and universities. And, the faster the technology advances and changes, the more opportunities and requirements there are within organizations to...

Corporations are beginning to see the educational potential of virtual realities in the workplace. Thanks to its unique characteristics as well as its ability to bring dispersed people together in an almost "real" environment for relatively low cost, virtual environments may become the preferred...

"This book presents various opinions, judgments, and ideas on how the use of digitally created worlds is changing the face of e-commerce and extending the use of Internet technologies to create a more immersive experience for customers"--Provided by publisher.

1. Individual privacy and security in virtual worlds / Malu Roldan, Alan Rea -- 2. 3D3C identity / Yesha Sivan -- 3. Society in a virtual world / Vaclav Jirovsky -- 4. Understanding risk and risk-taking behavior in virtual worlds / Fariborz Farahmand, Eugene Spafford -- 5. The social design of...