Multi-user virtual environments and research into the learning and transfer of scientific knowledge and inquiry skills

该项目的目的是了解如何在澳大利亚的学校中设计和使用创新的多用户虚拟环境(MUVE)，以加强重要科学知识和探究技能的学习。研究人员将与中学科学课堂上的教师密切合作，研究如何利用教育MUVE中的智能代理的特征来实现创新的教学方法，从而有可能加强中学科学课堂上的学习。此外，该项目将开发以科学探究为基础的课程模块，使用多维计算机运行在作为国家数字教育革命倡议的一部分分发的计算机上。

The aim of this project is to understand how innovative multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) can be designed and used in Australian schools to enhance the learning of important scientific knowledge and inquiry skills. Working closely with teachers in secondary science classes, researchers will investigate ways in which the features of intelligent agents in educational MUVEs enable innovative pedagogical approaches that have the potential to enhance learning in secondary science classes. In addition, this project will develop science inquiry-based curriculum modules employing MUVEs that run on computers being distributed as part of the national Digital Education Revolution initiative.