Using the Virtual World of Second Life to Create Educational Games for Real World Middle School Science Classrooms

Tessa Cooper; Stephen Carroll; Chang Liu; David Chelberg; Teresa Franklin

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2124–2133

Educational video games are an effective medium for teaching in modern middle school classrooms. The Science and Technology Enrichment for Appalachian Middle-schoolers (STEAM) project at Ohio University has developed multiple computer games in...

Game-based Learning Aids in Second Life

William Young; Teresa Franklin; Tessa Cooper; Stephen Carroll; Chang Liu

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan 01, 2012) pp. 57–80

** Invited as a paper from SITE 2009 ** In an age of technological advancement, video games have been found to be effective teaching aids in middle school science classrooms. A National Science Foundation (NSF) project at Ohio University, known...

Topics: Games, Learning Outcomes, Curriculum, Educational Technology, Multimedia, Computers

A Case Study of a Virtual World Application for Learning

William Young; Yiing Zhong; Sertac Ozercan; Stephen Carroll; Qing Zhu; Chang Liu

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2010 (Jun 29, 2010) pp. 3875–3880

Virtual worlds are gaining popularity as a tool for communication, teaching, and for other social interactions. However, creating virtual worlds remains a challenge for ‘average users’ who do not have a substantial amount of technical expertise in...

An Investigation of Self-Efficacy using Educational Video Games Developed by the GK-12 STEAM Project

William Young; Li-Wei Peng; Stephen Carroll; Teresa Franklin; Chang Liu; David Chelberg

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 3695–3707

Educational video games can be used affectingly when teaching science in the classroom. The Science and Technology Enrichment for Appalachian Middle-schoolers (STEAM) project has developed a variety of educational content using different technology...