Institute of Mathematics and Informatics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Association for the Development of the Information Society
Citation:
Proceedings of the National Conference on "Education in the Information Society", Plovdiv, May, 2013,101p-108p
Series/Report no.:
ADIS;2013
Abstract:
The paper focuses on the development of an educational concept of virtual
environments for Digital Natives. The project, a collaboration between NBU Sofia (Bulgaria)
and UWS Sydney (Australia), concentrated on the development of a didactic solution for
attracting the so called Digital Natives into a virtual environment where they could develop
their own learning scenarios accessing knowledge within a Second Life environment or
comparable interface. The goal of the project was to provide an engaging and participatory
virtual environment which would encourage students to become more intimately involved in
the learning process around ancient and in some cases extinct Balkan languages. The results
provided visual immediacy within a learning environment and allowed the UWS computing
students to sharpen their professional IT skills working for NBU as a client.
Description:
Report published in the Proceedings of the National Conference on "Education in the Information Society", Plovdiv, May, 2013