Teaching and Learning Abstract Concepts by Means of Social Virtual Worlds

View Sample PDF

Author(s): David Griol (Carlos III University of Madrid – Leganés, Spain)and Zoraida Callejas (University of Granada, Spain)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 16
Source title: Virtual Reality in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8179-6.ch015

Keywords: Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Virtual Communities & Virtual Reality

Purchase

View on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Social Virtual Worlds are increasingly being used in education, as their flexibility can be exploited in order to create heterogeneous groups from all over the world who can collaborate synchronously in different virtual spaces. In this paper, the authors describe the potential of virtual worlds as an educative tool to teach and learn abstract concepts by means of programmable 3D objects. They describe the main experiences carried out recently in the application of these technologies in transnational educational activities that combine the Moodle learning resources and programmable 3D objects in the Second Life virtual world.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

Teaching and Learning Abstract Concepts by Means of Social Virtual Worlds

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors