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Título
USALSIM: Learning, Professional Practices and Employability in a 3D Virtual World
Autor(es)
Assunto
Opensimulator
Employability
e-Learning
Work space
Practices
Virtual world
Moodle
Sloodle
Professional skills
USALSIM
Technology enhanced learning
Clasificación UNESCO
3304 Tecnología de los ordenadores
58 Pedagogía
Fecha de publicación
2013
Editor
Dr. Rosella Gennari, Dr. Pierpaolo Vittorini, Ivana Marenzi, Dr. Tania Di Mascio, Fernando de la Prieta Pintado and Dr. Juan Manuel Corchado
Citación
Pizarro Lucas, E., Cruz-Benito, J. and Gonzalo, O.G. (2013) ‘USALSIM: learning, professional practices and employability in a 3D virtual world’, Int. J. Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 5, Nos. 3/4, pp.307–321.
Resumen
[EN] USALSIM is a project developed by the University of Salamanca as a response to the policy changes of learning and work placements in the new European Space for Higher Education, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and inscribed within an innovation programme regarding the employability of university students (CAIE059). The contribution of USALSIM is concerned with how to face the increase in the number of students who will participate in the different university work placement programmes and the increasing number of companies and institutions necessary to host and train theses students. This project uses a 3D virtual environment (a work placement simulator) that creates a virtual representation of different work environments and allows students to acquire professional skills. Representing a professional workspace such as a laboratory, for example, the student can simulate common tasks through active learning. This virtual world is focused on a constructive pedagogy, whereby students are directly involved in their formative development, establishing professional relationships, developing transversal and technical competencies, and evaluating their knowledge.
Descrição
Int. J. Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 5, Nos. 3/4, 2013 pp. 307-321 http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijtel&year=2013&vol=5&issue=3/4
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ISSN
1753-5263
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJTEL.2013.059498
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