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Pantelidis, Veronica S. – Educational Technology, 1993
Considers the concept of virtual reality; reviews its history; describes general uses of virtual reality, including entertainment, medicine, and design applications; discusses classroom uses of virtual reality, including a software program called Virtus WalkThrough for use with a computer monitor; and suggests future possibilities. (34 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Futures (of Society)
Direct linkBaceviciute, Sarune; Lucas, Gordon; Terkildsen, Thomas; Makransky, Guido – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: The increased availability of immersive virtual reality (IVR) has led to a surge of immersive technology applications in education. Nevertheless, very little is known about how to effectively design instruction for this new media, so that it would benefit learning and associated cognitive processing. Objectives: This experiment…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Eye Movements, Diagnostic Tests
Eichenberg, Christiane, Ed. – InTech, 2012
This book has an aim to present latest applications, trends and developments of virtual reality technologies in three humanities disciplines: in medicine, psychology and pedagogy. Studies show that people in both educational as well as in the medical therapeutic range expect more and more that modern media are included in the corresponding demand…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Medicine, Psychology, Instruction
Peer reviewedNewby, Gregory B. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1993
Discusses the current state of the art in virtual reality (VR), its historical background, and future possibilities. Highlights include applications in medicine, art and entertainment, science, business, and telerobotics; and VR for information science, including graphical display of bibliographic data, libraries and books, and cyberspace.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Business, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Peer reviewedFranchi, Jorge – TechTrends, 1994
Highlights of this overview of virtual reality include optics; interface devices; virtual worlds; potential applications, including medicine and archaeology; problems, including costs; current research and development; future possibilities; and a listing of vendors and suppliers of virtual reality products. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Archaeology, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Futures (of Society)
Download full textSánchez, Inmaculada Arnedillo, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference on Mobile Learning 2013, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, in Lisbon, Portugal, March 14-16, 2013. The Mobile Learning 2013 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedStone, Robert J. – Information Services and Use, 1991
Traces the history of virtual reality (VR), or cyberspace, and describes some of the research and development efforts currently being carried out in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States. Applications of VR in interactive computer-aided design (CAD), the military, leisure activities, spaceflight, teleconferencing, and medicine are…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer Simulation
Peer reviewedLynch, Clifford A.; Lunin, Lois F. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1991
Provides an overview of six articles that address relationships between electronic imaging technology and information science. Articles discuss the areas of technology; applications in the fields of visual arts, medicine, and textile history; conceptual foundations; and future visions, including work in virtual reality and cyberspace. (LRW)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Science, Information Technology, Medicine
Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; McPherson, Maggie, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2015, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information and Society and is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, July 21-24, 2015). The e-Learning 2015…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Failure, Electronic Learning, Success
Peer reviewedSimco, Greg – Internet and Higher Education, 2003
The Internet 2 (I2) health sciences initiative (I2HSI) involves the formulation of applications and supporting technologies, and guidelines for their use in the health sciences. Key elements of I2HSI include use of visualization, collaboration, medical informatics, telemedicine, and educational tools that support the health sciences. Specific…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Guidelines, Information Sources
Twin Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MN. – 1995
Newton's Apple is a PBS family science program that explores basic science through high-energy, hands-on demonstrations. This volume is a collection of the teacher's guides from four seasons of Newton's Apple which were originally broadcast from 1991 through 1994. Each of the four seasons in the volume contains 26 lessons and a combination of…
Descriptors: Architecture, Athletics, Biological Sciences, Biology
