This research study is a collaborative project between faculty in social foundations, special education, and instructional technology in which we analyze student data from six undergraduate and graduate courses related to the use of a virtual classroom space. Transactional distance theory (Moore & Kearsley, 1996) operates as our theoretical framework as we explore the role of a virtual classroo...

The development of new technologies has undoubtedly promoted the advances of modern education, among which Virtual Reality (VR) technologies have made the education more visually accessible for students. However, classroom education has been the focus of VR applications whereas not much research has been done in promoting sports education using VR technologies. In this paper, an immersive VR sy...

Success of IT security not only depends on the evolution of technologies, but also relies on the knowledge of IT-Personnel and the level of their IT-security education. In order to deliver IT students and professionals hands-on experience of security technologies and tools by electronic means, this paper proposes the concept of a virtual laboratory and discusses its application in practical IT ...

This paper presents a novel approach towards virtual collaborative medical education, which aims to confront the problem of ever expanding core knowledge and the necessity of handling over-specialized disciplines in medical education. Already proven, general purpose web-based learning and collaboration tools are used to create a virtual education network among medical institutions. Over-special...

Předložený příspěvek přináší pohled na možnosti realizace laboratorní výuky v oblasti elektrotechniky a elektroniky za pomocí on-line prostředí aplikací, které jsou uživatelům volně dostupné. Výuka elektrotechnických, potažmo elektronických předmětů je založena získání základních teoretických i praktických znalostí dovedností, si žáci či studenti ověř...