Chapter 8
Computer based 3D environments for students and teachers to explore interactively
What is Virtual Reality
Areas in schools and libraries devoted to enabling students to design, tinker, invent and construct based on their ideas and interests
What is Makerspaces
Sequence of written commands that tell a computer what a programmer wants the computer to do
What is Coding
Learning or entertainment activities, often featuring virtual worlds, avatars, and competition for points and a winning score
What is Computer and Web based games
Recreations of real world situations and settings in a game like format
What is Simulation Games
Online identity adopted by students and teachers when playing a game or participating in virtual reality simulations
What is Avatar
What is Maker Movement
Software that allows teachers and students to create an object and make it do things in response to programmed instructions
What is Object-oriented Programming
Using Games to teach academic content to students
What is Game based learning
Students learning academic information without realising they are doing so, often embedded in gameplay
Online learning environments where students interact as game players, often through the use of avatars
What is Virtual Worlds
What is Maker-based Learning
Students and teachers, designing, constructing, and using robots as part of a school curriculum
What is Robotics
Games that are downloaded to a personal device
What is desktop based games
A technology process in which machines produce three-dimensional solid objects based on coded instructions
Using game playing to motivate people to use technology for specific purposes, such as buying product or learning a skill
What is Gamification
Academic learning included within the structures of online or software and app based game formats
What is Serious Games