This paper will discuss work carried out during the VICTEC (Virtual ICT with Empathic Characters) and ECIRCUS (Education through Characters with emotionalIntelligence and Role-playing Capabilities that Understand Social interaction) projects, and on the FearNot! immersive virtual learning environment (VLE). The design motivations of the FearNot ! application will be discussed and subsequent exp...

The article looks into methods and models that are useful when analyzing the risks and vulnerabilities of complex e-learning systems in an emergency management context. Definitions of vulnerability and emergency response capabilities, such as “VLE/PLE attack surface”, are suggested. The article provides insight into some of the issues related to analysis of risks and vulnerabilities of e-learni...

Thisarticleinterrogateshowaparticularconceptionofcreativity:‘wisehumanisingcreativity’(WHC) ismanifestwithinavirtuallearningenvironment(VLE)withchildrenandyoungpeople.Itreports ontheoutcomesofC2Learn,athree-yearEuropeanCommissionfundedprojectwhichintroduced innovativedigitalgamingactivitiestofosterco-creativityintheVLEbetweenplayers.Theoretic...

Habitat use by forest mammals in Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central Africa Republic Mario Melletti*, Marzia Mirabile, Vincenzo Penteriani and Luigi Boitani Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Rome ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Vle. dell’Università 32, 00185 Rome, Italy, Italian Agency for Environmental Protection and Technical Services, Via Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy and 3Department o...

This paper examines elements from Piaget’s and Scherer’s theories that are able to offer subsidies for the specification of the affective aspects involved in Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). The affective dimension is characterized by the moods manifested during interactions in virtual space by affective portion of psychological subject. To figure moods out is a way to personalize the pedag...

Microsoft Teams is a new collaborative working and digital community platform launched in 2017 as part of the Office 365 suite applications. It provides an online space ideally suited for collaboration streamlining communication anyone involved learning teaching Higher Education. In Distance Learning Unit (DLU) at Leeds Beckett University, has been piloted used University-wide pilot project to ...