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DartMOO Introduction
A MOO is an online environment in which users
communicate with each other and interact with the environment, for example, by
meeting in virtual rooms to interact with, share and discuss objects in the
rooms and virtual objects presented via the browser such as movies, texts, or Web pages.
MOOs are an extension of MUDs which were first
developed in 1979. The first MOO was written by Stephen White and Pavel
Curtis in 1990. Educators have since adapted MOOs for educational and scholarly purposes,
using these online meeting places for
such activities as lecture, discussion, role-playing, and exploration.
from the article, "MOO's, the Old Chat Rooms, Are Updated for Distance Education"
By Jeffrey R. Young
"The biggest challenge for students, by the way, is typing,"
says Ms. Polin. "Some students are very fast, and some are
not."
At its best, she says, the software can provoke discussions
that are richer than those in traditional class sessions. "It
can fulfill that fantasy we faculty all carry around in our
hearts of the intense late-night-coffeehouse intellectual
discussion."
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