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Improving Teaching and Learning of Computer Programming through the Use of the Second Life Virtual World
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Esteves, Micaela; Fonseca, Benjamim; Morgado, Leonel; Martins, Paulo – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
The emergence of new technologies such as three-dimensional virtual worlds brings new opportunities for teaching and learning. We conducted an action research approach to the analysis of how teaching and learning of computer programming at the university level could be developed within the Second Life virtual world. Results support the notion that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Computer Assisted Instruction, Programming, Barriers