A List of ``Questions''

 

Creation of TECFAMOO has been started in fall 1994 without precise purpose. It seemed to us that MOO technology had a promise for several purposes and and it seemed appropriate to have a MOO handy that could be used whenever needed. Since TECFA's mission is research and education in Educational Technology such an ``exploratory stance'' could easily justify the investment needed.

What could we use our MOO for ?

• The MOO as internal communication tool. See for instance [Evard, 1993].
• Support for international exchange Research and Development: A project (see 4.1.2) on using TECFAMOO for various research groups in Education Technology has started in April 95.
  • Virtual Cafes, i.e. place where people from various fields can meet in an informal way.
  • Collaborative work

• Education
  • Tutorial support for semi-distance class-room teaching: This item is of interest for our diploma in educational technology.
  • Tutorial support for distance teaching
  • Environments for ``Just-in-Time-Open Learning'', e.g. resource centers.
  • Educational Environments (Learning by doing)

• The MOO as information tool
  • A Spatial Integrator for Information Retrieval and Exchange: This becomes a very ``hot'' topic for ``webbed'' MOOs. See for instance one of Dieberger's articles (e.g. [Dieberger et Tromp, 1993], [Dieberger, 1994a] and [Dieberger, 1994b]) for a general discussion of ``spatial'' hyper media.
  • ``Exhibition of activities'', related to the previous item this means that organizations can build virtual information centers on the MOO.

• Interesting other issues
  • Dynamics of interactions in a virtual space
  • Social and Political issues in virtual worlds
  • The Mud as a new form of literature

[... more to come, look at the table of contents instead ;) ]