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Triggs, Riley; Jarmon, Leslie; Villareal, Tracy A. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2010
Virtual environments can resolve many practical and pedagogical challenges within higher education. Economic considerations, accessibility issues, and safety concerns can all be somewhat alleviated by creating learning activities in a virtual space. Because of the removal of real-world physical limitations like gravity, durability and scope,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Marine Education
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Jarmon, Leslie; Keating, Elizabeth – Simulation & Gaming, 2008
This article describes a university-sponsored experiential-based simulation, the NANO SCENARIO, to increase the public's awareness and affect attitudes on the societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology by bringing together diverse stakeholders' perspectives in a participatory learning environment. Nanotechnology has the potential for…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Experience, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology
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Jarmon, Leslie; Keating, Elizabeth; Toprac, Paul – Simulation & Gaming, 2008
This article describes a university-sponsored experiential-based simulation, the NANO SCENARIO, to increase the public's awareness and affect attitudes on the societal implications of nanoscience and nanotechnology by bringing together diverse stakeholders' perspectives in a participatory learning environment. Nanotechnology has the potential for…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Learning Experience, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology