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What is MMORPGs

Chapter 5
Handbook of Research on Software for Gifted and Talented School Activities in K-12 Classrooms
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMOORPGs) involves the use of the Internet to allow individuals to interact and conduct gaming activities simultaneously with other players around the world. Many of the games played on the Xbox and PlayStation are played in a multiplayer online role playing environment.
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Virtual Reality: Learning by Seeing in 3D
Carol Templeton (Saint Joseph Catholic School, USA) and Michael W. Kessinger (Morehead State University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1400-9.ch005
Abstract
Moving beyond the traditional K-12 classroom environment, this chapter examines the pedagogical benefits virtual learning offer gifted and talented students. The use of virtual reality as a learning tool is relatively new in the field of education. A discussion is provided how virtual reality promote and support learning theories such as Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Constructivism, and Connectivism. The benefits of virtual reality in terms of spatial awareness and the use in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) areas the technology offers to K-12 gifted and talented students are also discussed. On a global level, the use of three-dimensional software and computer devices can help students discover and understand abstract and complex concepts. This chapter provides an overview of current research and projects relating to the use of virtual technology devices within the field of education.
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Ethical Challenges in Online Health Games
MMORGPs is the acronym of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, a particular type of massively multiplayer online games in which players assume the role of a specific character in a role-playing context.
Published in Chapter: Ethical Challenges in Online Health Games; From: Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice
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