A study for educational applications of virtual experiment system

Author

Xin, Li ; Mingming, Chen

Author_Institution

Coll. of Educ., Zhejiang Normal Univ., Jinhua, China

Volume

4

fYear

2010

fDate

22-24 June 2010

Abstract

With the development of multimedia and computer networks, virtual experiment systems have been widely used in universities and colleges. This paper explores the possibilities of virtual experiment systems apply in education field. On this basis, the author introduces some typical virtual experiment systems. Then, the author analysis the application characteristics of virtual experiment systems in education. Virtual experiment systems have unique advantages in science and engineering teaching because of its economy, openness, security and pertinence. Vivid virtual experiment systems will help learners to extract the essence from things and favor them migrate the virtual environment to the real experiment environment.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; virtual reality; education; teaching; virtual experiment system; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer networks; Computer science education; Distance learning; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Instruments; Laboratories; Multimedia systems; Educational Application; Virtual Experiment System;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Education Technology and Computer (ICETC), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6367-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETC.2010.5529677

Filename

5529677