DocumentCode
336379
Title
The Round Earth Project: deep learning in a collaborative virtual world
Author
Johnson, Andrew ; Moher, Thomas ; Ohlsson, Stellan ; Gillingham, Mark
Author_Institution
Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL, USA
fYear
1999
fDate
13-17 Mar 1999
Firstpage
164
Lastpage
171
Abstract
The Round Earth Project is investigating how virtual reality technology can be used to help teach concepts that are counter-intuitive to a learner´s currently held mental model. Virtual reality can be used to provide an alternative cognitive starting point that does not carry the baggage of past experiences. In particular this paper describes our work in comparing two strategies for teaching young children that the Earth is spherical when their everyday experiences tell them it is flat
Keywords
computer aided instruction; groupware; teaching; user interfaces; virtual reality; Round Earth Project; collaborative virtual world; computer aided instruction; mental model; teaching; virtual reality; young children; Cognitive science; Collaboration; Computer science; Computer science education; Earth; Electric breakdown; Geoscience; Psychology; Space technology; Virtual reality;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Virtual Reality, 1999. Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location
Houston, TX
ISSN
1087-8270
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0093-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VR.1999.756947
Filename
756947
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