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Pennazio, Valentina; Genta, Michele – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2020
This article presents the outcome of an exploratory survey aimed to detecting the strengths and weaknesses and the degree of acceptance of the use of virtual and augmented reality in training of confined or suspected pollution environments workers. Forty-five Italian professionals (public and private) that work in health and safety in workplace,…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Crisis Management, Professional Development, Foreign Countries
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Bozzo, Giacomo; Lopez, Victor; Couso, Digna; Monti, Francesca – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
The role of virtual simulations in the evolution of primary school students' mental models about electrostatics is investigated by analysing the answers of two groups of 9-10 years old pupils inside instructional sequences that combine two hands-on activities using balloons and jackets with the same activities using PhET simulations: one group…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Schemata (Cognition), Computer Simulation
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Cuccurullo, Stefania; Francese, Rita; Passero, Ignazio; Tortora, Genoveffa – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013
The environmental priority requires structural interventions that will be effective in the long period only if they are accompanied by modifications of behaviors, orientations and beliefs, specially investing in the new generations. This paper presents a 3D Virtual World serious game named Pappi World, designed according to pedagogical theories…
Descriptors: Sanitation, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers