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Title Virtual decisions : digital simulations for teaching reasoning in the social sciences and humanities / edited by Steve Cohen [and others]
Published Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 286 pages) : illustrations
Contents Practical contexts and theoretical frameworks for teaching complexity with digital role-play simulations / Kent Portney and Steve Cohen -- A model for teaching with digital role-play simulations / Dean Rehberger -- The curricular role for understanding social decisions / Steve Cohen -- PsychExperiments : a web-based resource for enhancing science training through simulation / Ken O. McGraw and John E. Williams -- Teaching about criminal sentencing decisions : the Crime and punishment simulations / Kent E. Portney [and others] -- The poetics of simulation : an analysis of programs in ethics and conflict resolution / Robert Cavalier -- Virtual sex : creating environments for reducing risky sex / Lynn Carol Miller and Stephen John Read -- The ICONS suite of negotiation simulations / Victor Asal -- Disaster control : a simulation for learning the skills of emergency management / John O'Looney and Melissa P. Dodd -- Immersive virtual environments and education simulations / James Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson -- Current and future trends in digital role-play simulations / Carolyn Thorsen
Summary Developments in digital technologies have altered teaching and learning environments, and will do so in the future. This text focuses on the issues related to the use of digital technologies in teaching the complex nature of social decisions, with particular attention to the use of digital role-play simulations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Simulation games in education.
Social sciences -- Computer-assisted instruction
Decision making -- Computer-assisted instruction
Virtual reality in education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Decision making -- Computer-assisted instruction
Simulation games in education
Social sciences -- Computer-assisted instruction
Virtual reality in education
Form Electronic book
Author Cohen, Steve, 1958-
ISBN 1410617203
9781410617200
9781135611897
1135611890
9781135611842
113561184X
9781135611880
1135611882
9780805849943
0805849947
9780805849950
0805849955
Other Titles Teaching reasoning in the social sciences and humanities