虚拟世界能够充分挖掘计算机和通讯技术的技术潜能,将用户获取信息的空间由二维拓展到三维,能够提供高沉浸性、高交互性的虚拟学习环境.文章对国外发展成熟的虚拟世界Active Worlds的特点、功能及技术等方面进行了介绍,并分析了国外运用Active Worlds进行教学的案例,总结出利用Active Worlds开展教学的四种形式:游戏型、建模型、场景型、混合型,得出Active Worlds应用于教学的启示,以期为我国在教育中使用虚拟世界提供可操作化的教学步骤.%Virtual world can fully tap the technological potential of computer and communications technology, extending users'access to information from the two-dimensional to three-dimensional space and providing a highly immersive and interactive virtual learning environment. In this paper, we introduce the features, functions and technology of Active Worlds, which is a maturely developed virtual world in foreign countries. We also analyze some teaching cases of using Active Worlds abroad. Then we summarize four forms of using Active Worlds to carry out teaching: game type, model construction type, scene type and mixed type. Finally, we conclude with implications of Active Worlds applied in teaching with a view to provide operational teaching steps with Virtual Worlds in China's education.
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