TY - CONF T1 - Designing Virtual Spaces to Support Learning Communities and e - Collaboration T2 - 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Koahsiung, Taiwan Y1 - 2005 A1 - Christos Bouras A1 - Thrasivoulos Tsiatsos A1 - Eleftheria Giannaka AB - In this paper, we present the design principles for virtual spaces and two different tools as solutions for supporting e-collaboration and multi-user communication in web-based learning communities. The first solution, called Virtual Conference, is designed and implemented in the framework of the VirRAD European project. It is a two-dimensional space where participants represented by their photos can use various e-collaboration tools. The second solution, called EVE Training Area, is a threedimensional space where participants, represented by 3D humanoid avatars, can use a variety of ecollaboration tools. This paper describes the functionality provided by both tools, compares them, and proposes cases for exploiting each solution. JF - 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Koahsiung, Taiwan ER -