Title :
Surfing virtual environment in the Galápagos Islands
Author :
Vaca Cardenas, Leticia Azucena ; Bertacchini, Francesca ; Gabriele, Lorella ; Tavernise, Assunta ; Vizueta, Diana Elizabeth Olmedo ; Pantano, Pietro ; Bilotta, Eleonora
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy
Abstract :
We present an Edutainment Virtual World, organized in three interactive virtual scenarios. Each scenario is devoted to a specific educational subject: the first one is devoted to Charles Darwin´s journey, the second one to the mixture of Art and Science, and the last one to the learning of Robotics. Software characteristics design has the aim of facilitating and improving the learning of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Art) topics, as well as learners´ motivation.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; entertainment; Galápagos Islands; STEAM topics; Software characteristics; edutainment virtual world; interactive virtual scenarios; surfing virtual environment; Art; Chaos; Computers; Education; Games; Three-dimensional displays; Virtual environments; Edutainment; Learning; Multimedia environments; STEAM; Scientific contents; Virtual environments; Virtual worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV), 2015 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
DOI :
10.1109/REV.2015.7087291
