Learning to be scientists via a virtual field trip (demonstration)

نویسندگان

  • Deborah Richards
  • Michael J. Jacobson
  • Meredith Taylor
  • Anne Newstead
  • Charlotte E. Taylor
  • John Porte
  • Iwan Kelaiah
  • Nader Hanna
چکیده

We have developed the virtual world of Omosa in which school students can learn what scientists do by doing it themselves. In Omosa students are able to observe, collect data and interact with a number of intelligent virtual human and animal agents.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012