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Simulations and Games: Overcoming the Barriers to Their Use in Higher Education
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Moizer, Jonathan; Lean, Jonathan; Towler, Michael; Abbey, Caroline – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2009
Based on a categorization of simulation and gaming barriers developed in a previous study, this work seeks to explore in greater depth the composition and nature of these obstacles. It examines the interrelationships between the barriers and the impact of other contextual factors in the pedagogic environment. A series of in-depth interviews were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Informal Education, Information Sources, Teaching Methods
Simulations and Games: Use and Barriers in Higher Education
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Lean, Jonathan; Moizer, Jonathan; Towler, Michael; Abbey, Caroline – Active Learning in Higher Education: The Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2006
This article explores the use of simulations and games in tertiary education. It examines the extent to which academics use different simulation-based teaching approaches and how they perceive the barriers to adopting such techniques. Following a review of the extant literature, a typology of simulations is constructed. A staff survey within a UK…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Surveys, Simulation, Games