Virtual environments as an education tool for digital natives

Ludmil Duridanov, Joanne Curry, Stanislav Ivanov

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Abstract

The paper focuses on the development of an educational concept of virtual environments for Digital Natives. The project, a collaboration between NBU Sofia (Bulgaria) and UWS Sydney (Australia), concentrated on the development of a didactic solution for attracting the so called Digital Natives into a virtual environment where they could develop their own learning scenarios accessing knowledge within a Second Life environment or comparable interface. The goal of the project was to provide an engaging and participatory virtual environment which would encourage students to become more intimately involved in the learning process around ancient and in some cases extinct Balkan languages. The results provided visual immediacy within a learning environment and allowed the UWS computing students to sharpen their professional IT skills working for NBU as a client.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEducation in the Information Society: Proceedings of the 2013 Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences National Conference, 30-31 May 2013, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
PublisherInstitute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Pages101-108
Number of pages8
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventInstitute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Conference -
Duration: 30 May 2013 → …

Publication series

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ISSN (Print)1314-0752

Conference

ConferenceInstitute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Conference
Period30/05/13 → …

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