CSE 590D Winter 2005
Computer-Based Learning Environments
Meeting location: Sieg 322
Meeting time: Wed. 3:30-4:20
Topic:
This quarter the seminar continues a process of
looking at the design and analysis of educational simulation
environments such GenScope, ActivChemistry, AgentSheets,
SimCity, and the Geometers Sketchpad.
Some of the systems we are looking at this quarter include
the Sims, Rollercoaster Tycoon, ActivChemistry, ToonTalk,
and Virtus Walkthroughs.
Each week, we will focus on one of these systems, examining
the features it offers, the breadth and depth of the content area it
addresses, its user interface, the pedagogical assumptions on
which it is based, its software architecture, and the ways in
which it is effective or ineffective.
At our first meeting, we will select a set of these systems
and set up a schedule for discussing them.
Schedule
- Jan. 12.
Agentsheets
Daryl Lawton.
- Jan. 19.The Sims.
Richard Davis.
- Jan. 26.ToonTalk.
Steven Balensiefer.
- Feb. 2.e-Toys.
Tyler Robison.
- Feb 9.Stella.
Chris Gillum.
- Feb. 16.Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Richard Davis.
- Feb. 23.Bill Winn will lead a
discussion of the paper by
deJong and van Joolingen.
We have cached a copy
here
.
- Mar. 2.Alice.
Bill Winn.
- Mar. 10. TBA.