| Name | multi-user capabilities |
| Description | The VLE must be able to support multi-user activities in real time, either within a java application or in the full-screen mode. |
| Relevant Stories | The student enters a presentation theatre (in the VLE) and knows who else is in the theatre. All students attend to a single student's presentation that is delivered - perhaps in animated format ,or by video, or in a poserpoint-like format. All students can ask questions of the presenter, and then take turns presenting. Another story: two users are playing with variable in a dynamic simulation, taking turns reacting to the results from the previous run of the simulaiton. The two students are emulating two scientists who are working on an experiment. |
| Rationale | This kind of real time connection between peers in a classroom is a very large area of functionality, and one where WISE and Pedagogica are very limited. It is being used by some of our European colleagues (coLab, WebLABS) - we should enable multi-user experiences. |
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| Conflicts | Seems that this needs to have a way of representing, "who, when, and where for each user, allowing them to be in the same location at any moment in time, and have access to the same objects (POts??) |
| POC | Jeff, Jim, Matt F. |
| History | Added 5/18/04 |