Virtual worlds as a channel of communication between schools and museums

  • Luis Antonio Hernández Ibáñez VideaLAB. Universidad de la Coruña
  • Viviana Barneche Naya VideaLAB. Universidad de la Coruña.
  • Rocío Mihura López VideaLAB. Universidad de la Coruña
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2012.v18.40930
Keywords: Virtual Worlds, Metaverses, User Experience, Virtual learning, Open source.

Abstract

This paper describes the results about the study of the user experience of two schools within a flexible virtual space that connects school and museum. This integrated educational space is not only uses for the exploration of exhibition areas but also includes telepresence talks on the part of museum personnel, simulations, educational work in the form of virtual quests, all within a multi-user virtual environment based on OpenSim and simultaneously accessible from the different institutions involved in the experiment.

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Published
2012-12-08
How to Cite
Hernández Ibáñez L. A., Barneche Naya V. y Mihura López R. (2012). Virtual worlds as a channel of communication between schools and museums. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 18, 509-518. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2012.v18.40930
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Vol. 18 (2012): Número especial (noviembre): La enseñanza de la Comunicación en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES)
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