Three-Dimensional Internet Developments

Crossley, Matthew; Davies, N. J.; Taylor-Hendry, R. J.; McGrath, Andrew

doi:10.1007/978-94-011-4918-1_17

Cited by 4 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 1 publication

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This leads to ampli ed cognition as well as an increased user acceptance [12] and performance in tasks typical for information exploration [13]. First developments in iAV revealed that they are well-suited for tasks requiring a spatial understanding [1] or a mental model of the data and its representation [12].…”

Section: Realistic Three-dimensional Representationmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Involve Me and I Will Understand!–Abstract Data Visualization in Immersive Environments

Rosenbaum

Bottleson

Liu

et al. 2011

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Realistic Three-dimensional Representationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They support most tasks relevant to abstract data exploration [13]. Crucial for their success is the natural and e ortless ability to change the viewing perspective by head-based rendering (HBR), providing e ective means in solving occlusion problems and adjusting the detail level of the data.…”

Section: Intuitive Means For Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Involve Me and I Will Understand!–Abstract Data Visualization in Immersive Environments

Rosenbaum

Bottleson

Liu

et al. 2011

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The set of documents can also be represented in 3-D which can aid browsing and searching for documents [6].…”

Section: Organisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Networked information management

Davies¹,

Revett²

2007

BT Technol J

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Every day millions of people trawl the Internet for information using any one of a dozen or more different search tools.Whether they find what they are looking for may depend not only on their skill, but also on their luck. In the corporate arena, organisations are making increasing amounts of information available via intranets. This paper looks at the limitations of current networked information management technology, in particular, shortcomings in the areas of retrieving, organising and sharing of information, and an information management process which would overcome these problems is described. The representation of a user's information needs and interests in a user profile is seen to be central to the process and work in this area, including a novel, non-explicit approach to the representation of profiles, is covered. Four information access systems developed at BT Laboratories are discussed and the extent to which these are currently able to support the information management process is considered.

show abstract

“…However, these are generally set when the environment is originally designed and based on the designer's view of what is an interesting part of the world. Crossley et al (1997) predict that 3D virtual environments will become more organic, being built and updated dynamically, with greater personalisation of the worlds and greater interactivity with objects. Therefore, designer-driven navigation aids may not be able to reflect such developments in the environment brought about by user interaction or changing information.…”

Section: Navigation Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Information Garden (Crossley, Davies, Taylor-Hendry and McGrath, 1997) provides an example of an intelligent tour. Platt and Willard (1998) describe the simplest case.of an intelligent tour as when 'the system might only be aware of the location of objects or information in the space, and move the user via these locations'.…”

Section: Navigation Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Peripatetic electronic teachers in higher education

Squires¹

2011

Research in Learning Technology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper explores the idea of information and communications technology providing a medium enabling higher education teachers to act as freelance agents. The notion of a 'Peripatetic Electronic Teacher' (PET) is introduced to encapsulate this idea. PETs would exist as multiple telepresences (pedagogical, professional, managerial and commercial) in PET-worlds; global networked environments which support advanced multimedia features. The central defining rationale of a pedagogical presence is described in detail and some implications for the adoption of the PET-world paradigm are discussed. The ideas described in this paper were developed by the author during a recently completed Short-Term British Telecom Research Fellowship, based at the BT Adastral Park. IntroductionMost people would agree that the role of teachers in higher education will be changed by the advent of modern information and communication technology (ICT). At the very least open and distant learning (ODL) will become an established feature of educational provision rather than a specialist aspect. This is already evident in the increasing use of ODL in combination with conventional forms of course delivery by universities. More radically it is claimed that there will be a fundamental change in the nature of educational institutions, leading to the notion of virtual university, e.g. the Western Governors University (http://www.wgu.ed). These claims have in common the notion of utilizing the distributed nature of ICT to provide partnerships between teachers and learners that are not defined by either spatial or temporal constraints.While the concept of a virtual university is radical, there is an implicit assumption that educators will still be primarily affiliated to one institution. An even more radical claim is that ICT will break exclusive links between educators and a single institution. Just as future learners may be seen as clients contracting to receive educational provision from a range of providers, educators may be seen as independent workers offering their services to learners on demand. These educators will not be confined to the classroom, rather they will be electronic workers providing a virtual presence in public spaces, the workplace and the home. A new type of peripatetic electronic teacher (PET) will emerge. Aristotle, the first peripatetic teacher, used to walk around the Lyceum as he taught; PETs will surf around the Net as they teach.These changes were foreseen in principle long before the advent of the Web. In 1970 Ivan Illich (1971 introduced the idea of a 'learning web' providing global access to learning resources and enabling free communication between learners and teachers. A combination of the idea of a learning web and the possibilities afforded by ICT leads to the notion of a peripatetic electronic teacher. PETs will act as information brokers, providing routes for learners to search networked information systems. They will provide virtual asynchronous tutorials for small groups and individuals, act as the teach...

show abstract

Three-Dimensional Internet Developments

Cited by 4 publications

References 1 publication

Involve Me and I Will Understand!–Abstract Data Visualization in Immersive Environments

Involve Me and I Will Understand!–Abstract Data Visualization in Immersive Environments

Networked information management

Peripatetic electronic teachers in higher education

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About