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Lim, Cher Ping; Tay, Lee Yong; Hedberg, John – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
Two grade 5 classes (11-12-year-olds) were introduced through an inquiry-based pedagogy to scientific ideas and concepts within a 3D game-like multi-user virtual environment (MUVE). This article explores how a particular set of strategies and conditions might encourage and sustain the use of the MUVE, Quest Atlantis (QA), as a problem-based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Educational Innovation, Grade 5
Johnson, L.; Adams, S. – New Media Consortium, 2011
Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is an engaging multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning that encourages students to leverage the technology they use in their daily lives to solve real-world problems. The approach is collaborative and hands-on, asking students to work with other students, their teachers, and experts in their communities…
Descriptors: World Problems, Learning Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Technology
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Fletcher, Geoffrey H. – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
This article discusses the necessary steps that need to be taken in order to prepare students in the work force and help them succeed. In this article, the author talks about how to change educational practices to ensure that all the right things are being taught. Curriculum standards are the place to start, and while none of the business people…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2010
For the thirty-third year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the national AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Research and Development, Educational Technology, Annual Reports