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Innovative Technology Education using a Virtual Reality Learning Environment
Innovative Technology Education using a Virtual Reality Learning Environment

Author(s): Tom Page, Gisli Thorsteinsson
Subject(s): Education
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: innovation education; design and technology; information and computer technology; innoed; national curriculum; virtual reality learning environment (Vrle); creativity; internet; inventions; design

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the ways in which innovation education (ie) has developed in the icelandic school system; its character, pedagogy, ideology, ethical dimensions, and practical applications. In addition, it provides an account of iceland's cooperation with other european countries in the further dissemination and development of innovation education, through the minerva project, named innoed. In addition, this article considers the ie model as a potential tool for use in the innoed virtual reality learning environment (vrle) and puts forward ie as a potential tool for use in the design and technology education cross curriculum and cross continent. This article discusses the ways in which innovation education (ie) has developed in the icelandic school system; its character, pedagogy, ideology, ethical dimensions, and practical applications. In addition, it provides an account of iceland's cooperation with other european countries in the further dissemination and development of innovation education, through the minerva project, named innoed. In addition, this article considers the ie model as a potential tool for use in the innoed virtual reality learning environment (vrle) and puts forward ie as a potential tool for use in the design and technology education cross curriculum and cross continent.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 90
  • Page Range: 26-35
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English
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