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ERIC Number: EJ559833
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1962
The Virtual Company: Toward a Self-Directed, Competence-Based Learning Environment in Distance Education.
Westera, Wim; Sloep, Peter B.
Educational Technology, v38 n1 p32-37 Jan-Feb 1998
Discusses the concept of a Virtual Company--a collaborative, distributed learning environment built on the notions of competence-based, constructivist, open learning, and distance education. It features an authentic, role-playing game that is strongly modeled upon the functional structures of real-life companies. Outlines the set-up of a Virtual Company in the Netherlands, focusing on the underlying educational principles. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Corporations, Distance Education, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Organizational Communication, Professional Development, Role Playing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands