Virtual laboratory for teaching Calculus: An immersive experience

This paper discusses and describes the implementation of a Virtual Learning Laboratory (VLL) for teaching Calculus for Engineering Courses. The VLL is hosted in the virtual world (or metaverse) OpenSim, which is based on free software derived from the proprietary tool Second Life, widespread in the context of virtual worlds. The purpose of this research consists in the integration of a Learning Object (LO) for teaching Calculus in OpenSim metaverse. This solution offers the student collaborative, interactive and dynamic learning situations environment contributing to increase the motivation and resulting in a better quality of learning. The laboratory is being finalized and thereafter will be submitted to efficiency evaluations of its performance as a teaching tool, as well as the usability of its interfaces.