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Sponsiello, Marta; Gallego-Arrufat, María-Jesús – Ethnography and Education, 2016
This paper moves from the data collected during an ethnographic research conducted in Second Life, which focuses on the observation of different technological difficulties in educational experiences. The main research interests focused on the social dynamics of educational experiences in Second Life and the opportunity to develop a proper research…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Computer Simulation, Computer Graphics, Educational Experience
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Reed, John A.; Afjeh, Abdollah A. – Computers & Education, 1998
Illustrates the design and implementation of a Java applet for use in educational propulsion engineering curricula. The Java Gas Turbine Simulator applet provides an interactive graphical environment which allows the rapid, efficient construction and analysis of arbitrary gas turbine systems. The simulator can be easily accessed from the World…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
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Julien, Don – Library Software Review, 1986
Describes adventure games, a genre of computer simulation games that require the use of creative and intuitive approaches similar to those used in online database searching, and suggests that they can be used in training online searchers to develop creative problem solving skills. Reviews of several available adventure games are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Databases, Display Systems
Online, Inc., Weston, CT. – 1988
Reprints of 20 articles pertaining to the topics of end-users and public access appear in this volume, which is one in a series of volumes of reprints from "ONLINE" and "DATABASE" magazines. Edited for information professionals who use electronically distributed databases, these articles address such topics as: (1) managing a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation