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Bruckman, Amy – 1994
Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs), are text-based virtual reality environments in which participants separated by great physical distances can communicate and collaborate in programming. Most MUDs started out as adventure games but are quickly being adapted for more "serious" endeavors. This paper presents a case study of the experiences of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community, Computer Mediated Communication
Turbee, Lonnie – 1997
MOO stands for "Multi-user domain, Object-Oriented." Early multi-user domains, or "MUDs," began as net-based dungeons-and-dragons type games, but MOOs have evolved from these origins to become some of cyberspace's most fascinating and engaging online communities. MOOs are social environments in a text-based virtual reality…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment