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The 8th WSEAS International Conference on E-ACTIVITIES (E-Learning, E-Communities, E-Commerce, E-Management, E-Marketing, E-Governance, Tele-Working / E-ACTIVITIES '09), Puerto De La Cruz, Spain, December 14-16, 2009

The Institute will be represented by article in E-learning session.

Virtual Realitys Technologies Use in E-learning

Arnis Cirulis, Kristaps Brigmanis and Egils Ginters

Abstract: - Nowadays it is getting more and more evident that educational and training institutions use different e-learning solutions. Various technologies and approaches are combined for creation of these solutions including learning management systems (LMS) and benefits provided by m-learning and tv-learning, and new training methodologies. Nevertheless, usages of virtual and augmented reality’s (VR/AR) technologies are not so widespread, for all that usage of these technologies increase training effectiveness.  The aim of this paper is to give comparative analysis of VR/AR solutions, which are used in e-learning, to clarify advantages and disadvantages.

TOPICS:
E- Learning:
Virtual teachers, Virtual (e-) Classrooms, Virtual (e-) Schools, Management of Virtual Schools, Chatrooms, E-examinations, E-degrees, Multiservice networks, Multimedia for Internet Learning, Video Meetings, Intelligent Agents for testing e-schools, e-Libraries Administration, access to e-libraries, security aspects, privacy issues, sociological and political aspects, others.

E- Communities:
Virtual communities, Information Interfaces, Communication of groups, Human Resources Management via Computer Networks, People with Special Needs, Minorities Virtual psycological support for elder people, Multimedia for e-communities, Video Meetings, Intelligent Agents, Economic issues, the Society via Computer Networks and Internet, Multinational Fora and Development, Multiservice networks, Security aspects, Privacy issues, sociological and political aspects, others.

E- Commerce and E- Management:
E-money, E-shops, E-trading, E-market. Qualifications of an E- manager. Mobile commerce, Negotiation methods and techniques, Competitive strategies, Web Banking, Electronic Logistics, Financial Management, Financial Accounting for e-commerce Decision Analysis for e-commerce, Project Management, Human Resources Management via Computer Networks, Quality Management via Computer Networks, Business Process Reengineering, Business Design and Business Strategy, Managerial Accounting, Multinational Business Design and Development, Integrated Manufacturing Systems via Computer Networks, Production Control, Control Systems, Monitoring, Diagnosis and Maintenance and Manufacturing Systems via computer networks Control of Production via Internet, Concurrent Engineering, Virtual Reality, Virtual and Extended Enterprises, Legal Aspects of Electronic Transactions, Legal Issues of E-commerce, Security and Electronic Payment Systems, Strategic Inventory Control and Warehousing, Public Finance, E-Taxation, Stock Exchange Analysis and Prediction, Security Aspects, Cryptology, Data Mining, Data Bases.

E- Marketing:
E-Pricing, E-Retailers, E-wholesale dealers, E-shoppers, affiliate marketing, group buying, e-auctions. Techniques to compare prices automatically, intelligent agents. Business to Customer and Business to Business. "Infobots". E-promotion of products, E-advertizement. Chains of E-shops, Francising, modern strategies. Discount policy using internet, price negotiation. Personalization of Web Sites. One to one relations. Mobile marketing, Negotiation methods and techniques, communicating with customers, advertizement, direct marketing and the problem of "spam", mobile marketing. Webcasting. Opt-In Email Marketing. Push technologies. Channels. Chat. Banners policy. Advertorials. Smart Shops. Reliability. Click-to-Chat technology. Alliances in the Internet. Value Chain partnerships. Block Creation. Surveys. Web Banking, Mobile Banking, Policies, Business Design and Business Strategy, Business Ethics, Risk Management and Risk Analysis, Legal Aspects of E-Marketing.

E-Governance:
E-Citizens, E-democracy, E-representation, E-direct-Democracy, E-protests, E- Elections, E-Parliament, E-Goverment and E-Ministries. E-Statistics. E-Crime. E- Police. Legal, Social and Psychological Aspects.

Tele-Working:
Human Resourses via internet, negotiations, relations of employers and employees via internet, how far can be the e-work?, e-supervising, strikes, e-Crime. Labour justice. Rights of employees in tele-working. Health issues. Labour law. Legal, Social and Psychological Aspects.

 

 

CHAIR:
Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, Univ. of Berkeley, USA

Prof. Janusz Kacprzyk, International Fuzzy Systems Association, Poland

Prof. Nikos Mastorakis, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Prof. Valeri Mladenov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

 


INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE:
Prof. Alex (Sandy) Pentland, MIT Media Lab, USA
Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California, Berkeley
Prof.Perry Alexander, The University of Kansas, USA
Prof.Donald Bagert, Southeast Missouri State University,USA
Prof.Jongmoon Baik, Information and Communications University, Korea
Prof.Tony Cowling, University of Sheffield, UK
Prof.Gregory Hislop, Drexel University, USA
Prof.Tom Horton, University of Virginia, USA
Prof.Stan Jarzabek, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Prof.Timothy Lethbridge, University of Ottawa, Canada
Prof.Hareton Leung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Prof.Michael Lutz, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Prof.Jim McDonald, Monmouth University, USA
Prof.Ana Moreno, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Prof.Shin Nakajima, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Prof.J. Barrie Thompson, University of Sunderland, UK
Prof.Brian von Konsky, Curtin University, Australia

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