MOO, MUD, and MUSH

MOO, MUD, and MUSH

MUD is an online gaming network that is a virtual world for players to interact and attain goals like special powers. “Not all MUDs are games; some, more typically those referred to as MOOs, are used in distance education or for virtual conferences.” (wikipedia) MUD offers on-line teaching and learning and allows computer based communication.

MUSH is a text-based social network which allows multiplie users to interact socially.
“A primary feature of MUSH codebases that tends to distinguish it from other multi-user environments is the ability, by default, of any player to extend the world by creating new rooms or objects and specifying their behavior in the MUSH's internal scripting language.” (wikipedia) MUSH offers on-line teaching and learning and allows computer based communication.
MOO is a text-based online virtual world in which multiple users can interact. MOO offers the opportunity for anyone in the world to learn and interact with each other. Teaching and learning can take place through an educational MOO which has tools such as email, newspapers, documents, blackboards, and classrooms to reach all learners.