Learning online with games, simulations, and virtual worlds: strategies for online instruction/

Main Author: Aldrich, Clark, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California: Jossey-Bass, c2009
Series:Jossey-Bass guides to online teaching and learning (Jossey-Bass)
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505 0 0 |a What are games, simulations, and virtual worlds really, and why should I care. Understanding highly interactive virtual environments -- Embracing interactivity -- Sims: a new model of content -- Highly interactive content from the students' and instructor's perspective -- Choosing and using a highly interactive virtual environment. Identifying the right approach for the right need -- Doing the prep work -- Integrating and piloting -- A brief example of a simulation deployment -- The processes of using a HIVE and the role of coaching -- Creating evaluation strategies -- Other considerations. Selling interactive environments internally : getting buy in from administrators, department heads, colleagues, parents and even students -- Epilogue: The new attraction of distance learning. 
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