In recent years the use of computers and related technologies for education purposes has increased exponentially. Organizations from different sectors started to invest in educational software for learning, so did universities and other academic institutions. Research in this area has increased to explore the benefits that are possible through the use of computers to promote education. The pape...

Virtual Reality (VR), a new computer technology, has incredible potential in the education field. The reason for this assertion is that education is a field that requires the students to understand complex data, particularly in the study of science (see "Why is science hard to learn?" by Millar) and VR makes that task easier. VR presents information in a 3-dimensional form with the participant ...

Introduction Background One of the challenges in working with instructional media is that developers and educators are confronted with a rapidly moving target in terms of information technology's capabilities. The business and entertainment sectors are driving a fast-paced evolution of the devices people have in their workplaces and homes. Researchers and educators are scrambling to assess the ...

Practical experience is an important component of the educational process. However, the time and economical resources often required for the setting up and construction of scientific laboratories is outside the scope of many institutions. A solution to this problem could be found in the adaptation of the Virtual Reality technology, which could allow the creation of Virtual Laboratories, which w...

The theoretical and methodological problems raised in the paradigm of virtual educational ontology are discussed. approaches models education their relationship with forms education, proposed by foreign researchers, presented. philosophical ontological substantiation provisions is given, types levels reality presented national researchers highlighted. A review empirical results revealed elabora...

WWWIC, the NDSU World Wide Web Instructional Committee, is engaged in developing a range of virtual environments for education. These projects span a range of disciplines, from earth science to anthropology, and from business to biology. However, all of these projects share a strategy, a set of assumptions, an approach to assessment, and an emerging tool set, which allows each to leverage from ...