Innovative teaching using simulation and virtual environments

Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 237-255

  Barjis, Joseph ^a   Gupta, Ashish ^b   Sharda, Ramesh ^c   Bouzdine Chameeva, Tatiana ^d   Lee, Peggy D ^e   Verbraeck, Alexander ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal mapping; Curriculum de sign; Education; Game based learning; Modeling; Operations management; Second life; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; MAPPING; MODELS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CAUSAL MAPPING; GAME-BASED LEARNING; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; SECOND LIFE; SIMULATION;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84876495150     PISSN: 15551229     EISSN: 15551237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1750     Document Type: Article

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