Title :
Using multi user virtual environments to improve the quality of secondary education in developing countries
Author :
Somasiri, Ishan ; Hettiarachchi, Chathuranga ; Perera, Indika
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of Moratuwa, Katubedda, Sri Lanka
Abstract :
Secondary education systems of developing countries include a considerable amount of experiments that needs to be physically conducted in a laboratory. But due to lack of resources the student is expected to understand complex, less intuitive and cognitive demanding theories and concepts on their own with minimum opportunities to practical exploration. In this study we have explored the possible use of Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) to overcome this barrier for student learning.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; virtual reality; MUVE; developing countries; multiuser virtual environments; secondary education quality iprovement; student learning; Multi User Virtual Environments; Secondary Education;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions (ICTer), 2014 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7731-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICTER.2014.7083931