3D Multi-User Virtual Environments: Promising Directions for Science Education

Autor/in	Qian, Yufeng
Titel	3D Multi-User Virtual Environments: Promising Directions for Science Education
Quelle	In: Science Educator, 18 (2009) 2, S.25-29 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1094-3277
Schlagwörter	Virtual Classrooms; Science Education; Inquiry; Electronic Learning; Learner Engagement; Informal Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung
Abstract	Leveraged by federal support to address the critical crisis in science education, scientists, science education researchers, and school teachers have started to join efforts to explore how to maximize the use of emerging technologies to improve science teaching and learning. There has been a surge of interest in the use of emerging 3 dimensional (3D) multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) technology to engage and motivate learners, support authentic scientific inquiry, and facilitate students' construction of science knowledge and development of inquiry skills in a socially situated and distributed environment. Made popular by SecondLife, the 3D MUVE is an immersive 3D virtual space where people, entering the space via avatars, meet and interact with one another and learn in the multi-user environment in real time. A variety of 3D MUVE programs has rapidly burst into the limelight in science education. Centered on the theme of scientific inquiry, this article describes a number of 3D MUVE programs and their potential for improving science learning. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10