Enhancing software engineering education using teaching aids in 3-D online virtual worlds

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ye, En ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Polack Wahl, Jennifer A ^b  

^a Ohio University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Groupthink; Second life; SimSE; Software engineering education; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; GAME THEORY; MOBILE COMPUTING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMMUNICATION TOOLS; EDUCATIONAL GAMES; ENGINEERING CLASSES; GROUPTHINK; OHIO UNIVERSITY; ONLINE ACTIVITIES; ONLINE SOFTWARE; PROJECT TEAMING; SECOND LIFE; SIMSE; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS; STUDENT SURVEYS; TEACHING AIDS; TEACHING AND LEARNING; TEACHING ASSISTANTS; VIRTUAL OFFICE; VIRTUAL WORLD; VIRTUAL WORLDS; WASHINGTON; WIDE SPECTRUM;

TEACHING;

EID: 50049091233     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2007.4417884     Document Type: Conference Paper

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