Do multi-user virtual environments really enhance student's motivation in engineering education?

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sancho, Pilar ^a   Torrente, Javier ^a   Fernández Manjón, Baltasar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; Game based learning; Learning in multi user virtual environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING PROGRAMMING;

INTEROPERABILITY; MOTIVATION; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77951430912     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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