Emerging tools and applications of virtual reality in education
Title:
Emerging tools and applications of virtual reality in education
ISBN:
9781466698383
Publication Information New:
Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA 17033, USA) : IGI Global, [2016]
Physical Description:
PDFs (360 pages) : illustrations.
Contents:
Virtual reality and education: overview across different disciplines / Nicoletta Melida Sala -- Applied areas of three dimensional virtual worlds in learning and teaching: a review of higher education / Reza Ghanbarzadeh, Amir Hossein Ghapanchi -- Faculty perception of virtual 3-D learning environment to assess student learning / Anita Cassard, Brian W. Sloboda -- Increasing student engagement through virtual worlds: a community college approach in a diversity course / Yvonne Pigatt, James Braman -- Using Second Life for situated and active learning in teacher education / Barbara L. Ludlow, Melissa D. Hartley -- Teaching economics in World of Warcraft / András Margitay-Becht -- The use of virtual worlds in foreign language teaching and learning / Ellen Yeh, Guofang Wan -- Augmented reality as an emerging application in tourism marketing education / Azizul Hassan, Timothy Jung -- Seeing numbers differently: mathematics in the virtual world / Rebecca Lynne Patterson, D. Cooper Patterson, Anna-Marie Robertson -- Pedagogical agents for learning / Noah L. Schroeder -- Augmented reality: a new direction in education / Çelebi Uluyol, Sami Sahin -- Ethics in virtual world environments research / Amit Goel [and 5 others] -- Integrating technological innovations to enhance the teaching-learning process / Judi Simmons Estes, Amber Dailey-Hebert, Dong Hwa Choi.
Abstract:
"This book explores the potential and practical uses of virtual reality in classrooms with a focus on pedagogical and instructional outcomes and strategies, featuring current experiments in the use of augmented reality in teaching and its effects on students"--Provided by publisher.
Subject Term:
Electronic Access:
Full Text Available From IGI Global 2016 Packages
Language:
English