Memorias de investigación
Research Publications in journals:
Students' Evaluation of a Virtual World for Procedural Training in a Tertiary-Education Course
Year:2017

Research Areas
  • Hypermedia,
  • Computer applications,
  • Virtual reality

Information
Abstract
This paper presents an investigation on the educational value of virtual worlds intended for the acquisition of procedural knowledge. This investigation takes as a case of study a virtual laboratory on biotechnology. A remarkable feature in this virtual laboratory is an automatic tutor that supervises student's actions and provides tutoring feedback when it is appropriate. The study presented in this paper covers two different aspects of the system. Firstly, it analyses the impact of this virtual world in learning some concepts related to a biotechnology practice; and secondly, it surveys the students' opinion on the virtual world by means of three open questions (positive, negative and general impressions). Results demonstrated that the virtual world had a positive influence in the students' knowledge and it was well received by them.
International
Si
JCR
Si
Title
Journal of Educational Computing Research
ISBN
0735-6331
Impact factor JCR
1,234
Impact info
Datos JCR del año 2013
Volume
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10.1177/0735633117706047
Journal number
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From page
1
To page
1
Month
SIN MES
Ranking
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Participants

Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Departamento: Inteligencia Artificial
  • Departamento: Sistemas y Recursos Naturales