01422nas a2200145   4500008004100000245005600041210005500097260000900152300001500161520091200176100002101088700002701109700001901136856012101155       2001                        eng d00ae-Learning through Distributed Virtual Environments0 aeLearning through Distributed Virtual Environments  cJuly  a 175 - 1993 ae-learning is one of the emerging needs of the information age. Access to education
is going to become crucial for the success of our information society, and therefore
a lot of potential is seen in distance learning and distributed virtual environments. The
communicative character of the distributed virtual environments would allow students and
staff to meet in social shared spaces and engage in on-line real-time seminars and tutorials.
Such technologies may mitigate some of the problems of isolation that distance learning
brings. This paper presents our work in multi-user distributed virtual environments which
are designed and implemented for educational uses in the bounds of the VES project.
Furthermore, it presents our proposal for the extensions and reconstruction of the current
system in order to create a more efficient system, which can be characterized as a learning
virtual environment.1 aBouras, Christos1 aTsiatsos, Thrasivoulos1 aPhilopoulos, A  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/e-learning-through-distributed-virtual-environments?language=el01363nas a2200133   4500008004100000245006700041210006500108260002000173300001300193520085400206100002101060700001901081856012901100       2000                        eng d00aDistributed Virtual Learning Environment: A Web-Based Approach0 aDistributed Virtual Learning Environment A WebBased Approach  c4 - 7 September  a 50 - 553 aIn this paper, we present a web-based Distributed
Virtual Learning Environment (DVLE) that could be used
as a sophisticated tool for distance education and
collaboration between teachers and students. We design
and develop this application and the corresponding
Graphical User Interface (GUI) as a proposal that aims
at providing an integrated communicational environment
which supplies the communicative needs of an
educational community, using the latest
telecommunication and multimedia information
processing technology. The environment that we propose
can be used for virtual lectures, virtual conferences, and
exchange of useful material and experiences among
teachers and students. It is a web-based application that
is being developed as client/server architecture using
standard protocols and technologies such as HTTP,
HTML, Java and VRML.1 aBouras, Christos1 aPhilopoulos, A  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/distributed-virtual-learning-environment-web-based-approach?language=el01001nas a2200145   4500008004100000245008600041210006900127260002600196300001500222520040100237100002100638700002700659700001900686856015000705       2000                        eng d00aA Networked Intelligent Distributed Virtual Training Environmnet:A First Approach0 aNetworked Intelligent Distributed Virtual Training EnvironmnetA   c27 February - 3 March  a 604 - 6073 aCollaborative livelong learning is one of the emerging
needs of the information age. Access to education is going
to become crucial for the success of our information
society. Therefore a lot of potential is seen in distance
learning and online collaborative environments. This paper
proposes an intelligent distributed virtual training
environment for distance education through shared 3D
spaces1 aBouras, Christos1 aTsiatsos, Thrasivoulos1 aPhilopoulos, A  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/networked-intelligent-distributed-virtual-training-environmneta-first-approach-0?language=el01226nas a2200145   4500008004100000245006700041210006600108260002800174300001300202520066900215100002100884700002700905700001900932856012900951       2000                        eng d00aUsing Multi-user Distributed Virtual Environments in Education0 aUsing Multiuser Distributed Virtual Environments in Education  c30 October - 4 November  a 56 - 623 aOn-line learning is one of the emerging needs of the information age. Access to
education is going to become crucial for the success of our information society. Therefore a lot of
potential is seen in distance learning and distributed virtual environments. The communicative
character of the distributed virtual environments would allow for students and stuff to meet in
social shared spaces and engage in on-line real-time seminars and tutorials. Such technologies may
mitigate some of the problems of isolation that distance learning brings. This paper presents multiuser
distributed virtual environments, which are designed and implemented for educational uses.1 aBouras, Christos1 aTsiatsos, Thrasivoulos1 aPhilopoulos, A  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/using-multi-user-distributed-virtual-environments-education?language=el01399nas a2200145   4500008004100000245006400041210006000105260001800165300001300183520088000196100002101076700001901097700001501116856012201131       1999                        eng d00aThe Information and Communication Technologies in Education0 aInformation and Communication Technologies in Education  c25 - 26 March  a 27 - 313 aIn the majority of the advanced countries there are many educational school networks and even more and
more schools are getting equipped with multimedia computers and connected to the Internet. Through the
advancements of the personal computer and the Internet, the school of the future will find new strengths
in both personalised and community learning environments. The prevailing perspective for the
introduction of the Information and Communication Technologies can be characterised as the “computer
as a tool”. However, as with all tools, effective use of the technology is embedded within practices and
activities that realise its functionality for specific purposes and situations. On the other hand, the
investigation of the relationship between practices, purposes, and situations and computer-based
learning technologies is a major topic on pedagogic research.1 aBouras, Christos1 aPhilopoulos, A1 aFotakis, D  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/information-and-communication-technologies-education?language=el01196nas a2200145   4500008004100000245005600041210005400097260002100151300001500172520069200187100002100879700001900900700001500919856011600934       1998                        eng d00aA Distributed Virtual Learning Center in Cyberspace0 aDistributed Virtual Learning Center in Cyberspace  c18 - 20 November  a 410 - 4153 aIn this paper, we present a user-friendly 3D Distributed Virtual
Environment (DVE) that would be used for on-line access to educational multimedia
material over the Internet. We design and develop this application and the
corresponding Graphical User Interface (GUI) in the framework of the European
project “Virtual European School” (VES) whose aim is to develop a comprehensive
resource of teaching material for secondary school education and to provide access
to this material over Internet. It is a web-based application that is being developed as
a client/server architecture using standard protocols and technologies such as
TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, Java and appropriate 3D formats.1 aBouras, Christos1 aPhilopoulos, A1 aFotakis, D  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/distributed-virtual-learning-center-cyberspace?language=el01446nas a2200133   4500008004100000245007700041210006900118260001700187300001500204520091500219100002101134700001901155856013801174       1998                        eng d00aDistributed Virtual Reality Environments Over Web for Distance Education0 aDistributed Virtual Reality Environments Over Web for Distance E  c24 - 26 June  a 481 - 4843 aVirtual Environments for education have been discussed in various ways. While advanced multi-user
educational VEs are still speculation, simpler VEs based on standard technologies have been in
existence for some time. On the other hand, there is a great enthusiasm for promoting Virtual Reality
as a major factor in future (and present) environments for training and education. In this paper, we
discuss the concept of the Distributed Virtual Environments and the use of them in distance education
applications. Next, we consider VRML technology as the key technology for building such
environments and we present the basic features and functionalities of it that make it suitable for
delivering VEs over the Web. In addition to this, we present some of the roles of VRML in education.
Finally, we conclude with some recommendations on the construction of Virtual Reality
Environments for educational purposes.1 aBouras, Christos1 aPhilopoulos, A  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/distributed-virtual-reality-environments-over-web-distance-education?language=el