A model supported interactive virtual environment for natural resource sharing in environmental education

Computers and Education

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-248

  Barbalios, N ^a   Ioannidou, I ^b   Tzionas, P ^b   Paraskeuopoulos, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Human computer interaction; Multi agent modelling; Natural resource sharing; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; CONTROL GROUPS; ECONOMIC PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; MULTI AGENT SIMULATION; MULTI-AGENT MODEL; MULTI-AGENT MODELLING; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SHARING; TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84870298060     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.029     Document Type: Article

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