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What is MUDs and MOOs

Chapter 211
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
MUDs (Multiple User Dimension, Multiple User Dungeon, or Multiple User Dialogue (MUDs) and MUD Object-Oriented (MOOs) are real-time computer environments, similar to chat, where groups come together at the same time to discuss common issues. MUDS are more sophisticated than textual chat as a MUD facilitates exploration of a virtual environment. Each user takes control of a computerized persona or avatar. The environment allows a user to walk around, chat with other characters, explore the virtual areas, solve puzzles, and sometimes even create their own space, descriptions and items. A MOO is a kind of MUD that utilizes an object-oriented programming language. Many consider MOOs to be the most advanced MUDs because of the kind of software development a user can accomplish. A large body of research has been conducted on synchronous chat, MUDs and MOOs and their uses in distance education and training over the years.
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Synchronous Collaboration and Instruction
Hélder Fanha Martins (Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch211
Abstract
Some of the very first Internet technologies to be used for learning or distance education and training were the World Wide Web and e-mail. The World Wide Web allowed multimedia or hypermedia-based instructional content to be loaded on a Web server and browsed using HTML-based browsers, and Internet-based e-mail systems allowed learners and facilitators to correspond asynchronously—anytime, anyplace. However, one of the most significant contributions of Internet-based technologies toward training and collaboration in the last few years has been the introduction of synchronous collaboration technologies. Synchronous collaboration technologies truly create a new medium that brings facilitators and participants together in a dynamic and live environment through which highly interactive communication can occur—closing down the barriers for communication and learning.
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Chapter 356
Investigating Internet Relationships
Multiple-user dungeons, or more commonly understood these days to mean multi-user dimension or domains. These were originally a space where interactive role-playing games could be played, very similar to Dungeons and Dragons.
Published in Chapter: Investigating Internet Relationships; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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