Organisational Factors Crucial for the Use of Virtual Worlds in Education

Wim Trooster

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2009 (Oct 26, 2009) pp. 3191–3193

Abstract: In modern didactics some functions are crucial: Social networking & Forming learning-communities, Cooperation & Participation, and Co-creation. Here a platform to meet is essential for students and teachers. Nowadays suchs platforms are...

The game LINGO Online: a Serious Game for English Pronunciation. Is it Effective, Why does it Work and How to Establish this?

Wim Trooster; Sui Lin Goei; Anouk Ticheloven; Esther Oprins; Gillian Visschedijk; Gemma Corbalan; Martin van Schaik

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2014 (Oct 20, 2014) pp. 1939–1946

In the present study the game LINGO Online (“Voice Activated Spy Tech”), a serious game for English pronunciation, is evaluated. A method was developed in order to evaluate serious games (and other (innovative) learning materials). With this method...

Topics: research, Evaluation, E-Learning Trends and Innovations (social learning, mobile, augmented etc.)

Computational Thinking in Education

Miroslava Černochová; Diane van der Linde; Allard Strijker; Erik Bolhuis; Wim Trooster; Kevin Oliver; Jennifer Houchins; Joke Voogt

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 449–452

Computational Thinking has been given an important place in education. Embedding computational thinking in curricula or attainment levels requires attention for this subject in teacher training programmes, as well as in the design of teaching...

Topics: Education reform with technology