Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributions of collaborative and immersive environments in development a remote access laboratory: from point of view of effectiveness in learning / Ronald Zamora, Jeimy V�elez, Jose L. Villa -- Virtual laboratories development using 3D environments / Toni Amorim Oliveira [and 3 others] -- 3D virtual learning environments: an avatar-based virtual classes platform / Tiago Cinto [and 4 others] -- Personalisation of 3D virtual spaces for enhanced ubiquitous learning / Noha Saleeb, Georgios A. Dafoulas, Martin Loomes -- Architectures for 3D virtual environments / Thiago Pereira Rique [and 3 others] -- Designing educational paths in virtual worlds for a successful hands-on learning: cultural scenarios in NetConnect project / Assunta Tavernise, Francesca Bertacchini -- Reviewing the effectiveness and learning outcomes of a 3D virtual museum: a pilot study / Greg Jones, Adriana D. Alba -- Training infrastructure to participate in real life institutions: learning through virtual worlds / Pablo Almajano [and 5 others] -- Impact assessment of affective virtual characters in a virtual environment / Tiago Vin�icius Ficagna, Andr�e Raabe -- Exploring 3D immersive and interactive technology for designing educational learning experiences / Min Liu [and 5 others] -- Faculty adoption of 3D avatar-based virtual world learning environments: an exploratory case study / Susan Dass, Nada Dabbagh --

Survey of students' perception and the influence of learning style preferences on learner's intention to use 3D visualization instruction: learning style and 3D visualization instruction / Yu-Hsin Hung, Ray I. Chang, Chun Fu Lin -- Memory, cognition, and multimedia: role of the importance of organizing knowledge in memory with hypermedia help and online co-understanding systems / Dorsaf Ben Ismail Ben Romdhane, Mohammed Yousef Alkhatib, Denis Legros -- Effects of studying tasks compatibility with tablets on their acceptance: how experienced tasks with tablets can modify perceptions of tablets / Franck Amadieu [and 4 others] -- The role of pedagogical agents on learning: issues and trends / Michelle Taub [and 3 others] -- Enhancing the effectiveness of educational hypermedia: a cognitive load approach / Anne-Marie Singh, Slava Kalyuga -- A perspective about the application of quality of context in u-learning environments / Felipe Becker Nunes [and 3 others] -- Examining the effectiveness of hyperaudio learning environments / Joerg Zumbach, Stephanie Moser -- Content personalized recommendation engine to support an informal learning environment in the health context / Alisson Alan Lima da Costa [and 5 others] -- Systems engineering concepts with aid of virtual worlds and open source software: using technology to develop learning objects and simulation environments / Latina Davis, Maurice Dawson, Marwan Omar --

Three-dimensional virtual environment and NPC: a perspective about intelligent agents ubiquitous / Fabricio Herpich [and 3 others] -- An extended acceptance model for augmented reality educational applications / Alexandru Balog, Costin Pribeanu -- A three-dimensional environment of personalized recommendation of learning objects to support ubiquitous learning / Rodrigo Valen�ca Cavalcante Frade, Francisco Milton Mendes Neto, Rafael Castro de Souza.

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