Constructivist Simulations: A New Design Paradigm
Article
Barry Harper, University of Wollongong, Australia ; David Squires, King’s College London, United Kingdom ; Anne Mcdougall, Monash University, Australia
Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Volume 9, Number 2, ISSN 1055-8896 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA
Abstract
The possibilities afforded by new multimedia technology, combined with contemporary ideas about learning, have opened up new design opportunities for educational simula-tions. In particular, the use of sophisticated multimedia envi-ronments has made the design of experiential simulations, in which the learner plays an authentic role carrying out com-plex tasks, a much more tractable design task. This contrasts with an earlier emphasis on the design of simulations which allowed learners to explore the behaviour of systems in sym-bolic terms-so called "symbolic" simulations.
Citation
Harper, B., Squires, D. & Mcdougall, A. (2000). Constructivist Simulations: A New Design Paradigm. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 9(2), 115-130. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 6, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/8080/.
© 2000 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
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