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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-018-18-2556</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
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          <subject>L.3.0 - eLearning Systems/Technology/Tools/Platforms</subject>
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        <article-title>Creating Test Questions for 3D Collaborative Virtual Worlds: the WorldOfQuestions Authoring Environment</article-title>
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          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Ibáñez</surname>
            <given-names>María Blanca</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">mbibanez@it.uc3m.es</email>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Rueda</surname>
            <given-names>José Jesús García</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Morillo</surname>
            <given-names>Diego</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Delgado-Kloos</surname>
            <given-names>Carlos</given-names>
          </name>
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      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, , </addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad Carlos III de Madrid</institution>
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      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad Carlos III de Madrid</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Madrid</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
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      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad Carlos III de Madrid</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Leganés</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
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      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: María Blanca Ibáñez (<email xlink:type="simple">mbibanez@it.uc3m.es</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2012</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>01</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2012</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>18</volume>
      <issue>18</issue>
      <fpage>2556</fpage>
      <lpage>2575</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/16EF4B22-A05D-5447-BF39-9417F74D85AB">16EF4B22-A05D-5447-BF39-9417F74D85AB</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5506155">5506155</uri>
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        <date date-type="received">
          <day>31</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2012</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>28</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2012</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>María Blanca Ibáñez, José Jesús García Rueda, Diego Morillo, Carlos Delgado-Kloos</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
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      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>In this paper we introduce, describe and evaluate WorldOfQuestions, an authoring environment for the creation and delivery of tests in 3D Collaborative Virtual Worlds. This environment is composed of an extended, customized version of the Open Wonderland platform and a form-based editor. Its aim is to make the most of 3D world features, such as immersion and interactivity, when implementing multiple choice, ordering and essay questions enriched with multimedia elements and 3D objects. A group of teaching professionals was asked to work with the environment, in order to evaluate its usefulness and ease of use. A Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) based framework was used for this evaluation. According to the educators interviewed, the most important aspects to consider regarding the behavioral intention to use the tool were the academic subject being taught, the student profiles, the environment learning curve and the time requirements.</p>
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