Title :
Supporting virtual internationalization of education by implementing and playing serious games
Author :
Mavridis, Apostolos ; Leftheris, I. ; Tsiatsos, T. ; Kudryavtseva, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
This paper describes the international electronic collaboration between professors of two universities and their students in order to organize and implement a serious game activity. The paper also presents the concept of the serious game, the game play scenario as well as the assessment of the whole activity from the pedagogical and technological viewpoint.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational institutions; groupware; serious games (computing); 3D game-based learning; educational games; game play scenario; international electronic collaboration; serious games; universities; virtual internationalization; Business; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Educational institutions; Games; Virtual environments; 3D Game Based Learning; OpenSim; Simulated Environments;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2012 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Villach
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2425-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2426-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICL.2012.6402169
