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Leung, Steve; Virwaney, Sandeep; Lin, Fuhua; Armstrong, AJ; Dubbelboer, Adien – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2013
Building pedagogical applications in virtual worlds is a multi-disciplinary endeavor that involves learning theories, application development framework, and mediated communication theories. This paper presents a project that integrates game-based learning, multi-agent system architecture (MAS), and the theory of Transformed Social Interaction…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Interaction, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
Weinstein, Margery – Training, 2011
A changing mindset combined with changing technology is driving the use of games and simulations. People are becoming more open to using games and simulations for learning, and, at the same time, the technologies are making the development of games and simulations easier and faster than a mere five years ago. Together, the changing mindset and the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Computer Interfaces, Computer Graphics
Skolnick, Michael M.; Spooner, David L. – 1995
Modern computing systems exploit graphical user interfaces for interaction with users; as a result, introductory computer science courses must begin to teach the principles underlying such interfaces. This paper presents an approach to graphical user interface (GUI) implementation that is simple enough for beginning students to understand, yet…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer Interfaces, Computer Science Education
Brandt, Richard C. – 1988
The Computer-Based Memorization System (CBMS), which specifies the facts that students are to know and how well the facts are to be known, uses a compiled form of an associative network for its knowledge database. (An associative network is a knowledge representation that uses associations for its basic representation of knowledge.) The CBMS…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design
Brandt, Richard C.; Davis, Bradley N. – 1988
CBESS (Computer-Based Educational Software System) is a set of 22 programs addressing authoring, instructional delivery, and instructional management. The programs are divided into five groups: (1) Computer-Based Memorization System (CBMS), which helps students acquire and maintain declarative (factual) knowledge (11 programs); (2) Language Skills…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Graphics
Weaver, Dave; Pollard, Jim – 1989
These three volumes list and describe a total of 65 new educational software products. The lists are the result of February and September 1988 polls of 10 computer coordinators from large educational software preview centers and evaluation agencies, who were asked to identify new products they had seen which, in their professional opinion, were…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation
Kahn, Ken – 1995
This paper describes ToonTalk, a general-purpose concurrent programming system in which the source code is animated and the programming environment is a video game. The design objectives of ToonTalk were to create a self-teaching programming system for children that was also a very powerful and flexible programming tool. A keyboard can be used for…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Autoinstructional Aids, Children, Computer Games
Prayaga, Lakshmi; Rasmussen, Karen L. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Computer games are no longer just for entertainment; they have also become a useful instructional strategy for acquiring knowledge. When games are used for purposes other than strict entertainment they become serious games. The goal of serious games is to enable the player to learn a task, master a strategy or develop a skill. Serious games can be…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Instructional Design, Teaching Methods
Jacobson, Linda, Ed. – 1992
This book takes the position that CyberArts(TM) is the new frontier in creativity, where the worlds of science and art meet. Computer technologies, visual design, music and sound, education and entertainment merge to form the new artistic territory of interactive multimedia. This diverse collection of essays, articles, and commentaries…
Descriptors: Animation, Art, Art Education, Computer Games
De Laurentiis, E. C. – 1993
There is a lot of educational software on the market, but little of it can be said to be revolutionary. Despite all the talk about education and computers, the educational software revolution has yet to begin. All educational software can be placed in categories of games (edutainment), simulations, reference software, and tutorials. Choosing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Computer Managed Instruction