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Savin-Baden, Maggi – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2008
Learning in immersive virtual worlds (simulations and virtual worlds such as Second Life) could become a central learning approach in many curricula, but the socio-political impact of virtual world learning on higher education remains under-researched. Much of the recent research into learning in immersive virtual worlds centres around games and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Social Action, Online Courses, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Ip, Barry; Cavanna, Annlouise; Corbett, Beverley – ALT-J: Research in Learning Technology, 2005
This paper examines the recent development of a computer-assisted learning program--in Practice--at the School of Health Science, in the University of Wales Swansea. The project, which began in 2001, was developed in close collaboration with The Meningitis Trust, the aim being to produce a software package to increase nursing students' knowledge…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Program Implementation