Fortress or Demi-Paradise? Implementing and Evaluating Problem-Based Learning in an Immersive World

摘要

This paper suggests that there is a lack of pedagogical underpinning relating to the use of virtual worlds in higher education, for example there are currently few research papers that suggest why such worlds are being used. The paper presents a project (Problem-based Learning in Virtual Interactive Educational Worlds (PREVIEW) that sought to combine pedagogy with technology, which has been tested in health, medicine, social care and education, physiotherapy and psychology.