Grid-based interactive virtual scientific experiments for distributed virtual communities
Christou, Ioannis, Tiropanis, Thanassis, Tsekeridou, Sofia and Roussos, Konstantinos (2010) Grid-based interactive virtual scientific experiments for distributed virtual communities. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 20, (6), 443-464.
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Description/Abstract
Today, distance learning classes are commonly offered from many leading universities around the world. A major challenge in such distributed classrooms is the formation of active virtual communities among the participating students. Shared virtual laboratories offer such a possibility as students form lab teams to run the same interactive simulation and in the course of such experiments learn to interact and understand each other better. A virtual scientific experiment architectural framework on top of a grid infrastructure for running interactive virtual laboratory experiments for such distributed student communities with visualisation capabilities was designed and implemented, using web services standard protocols such as WSDL and WS-notification as implemented in the WSRF specification. This paper reports on results from running such simulations on a local grid infrastructure. System evaluation results from a distributed pool of students show the added value of the system in enhancing distance-learning programs and virtual classes with extensible collaborative and interactive virtual laboratories sessions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2010.037786 |
| Keywords: | virtual scientific experiments; VSEs; virtual communities; web services; grid-based virtual laboratories; distance learning; collaborative learning; distributed computing; network simulation; shared virtual laboratories; online communities; web based communities; grid computing; virtual classes; e-learning; electronic learning; online learning |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > Web & Internet Science |
| Item ID: | 271862 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jan 2011 12:07 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:00 |
| Contributors: | Christou, Ioannis (Author) Tiropanis, Thanassis (Author) Tsekeridou, Sofia (Author) Roussos, Konstantinos (Author) |
| Date: | November 2010 |
| Additional Information: | DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2010.037786 |
| Status: | Published |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/271862 |
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