Teaching an aerospace engineering design course via virtual worlds: A comparative assessment of learning outcomes

Computers and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 288-298

  Okutsu, Masataka ^a,b   Delaurentis, Daniel ^a   Brophy, Sean ^a   Lambert, Jason ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace design; Distance education; Engineering education; Multiuser virtual environment; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CURRICULA; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SOFTWARE TESTING; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; AEROSPACE DESIGN; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENGINEERING COURSE; ENGINEERING DESIGN COURSE; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84866518590     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.07.012     Document Type: Article

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