The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school

Virtual Reality (VR) and its related technologies have paved the way to new opportunities that can be applied to improve current practices and processes in varieties of fields, including education. This research paper presents the `Virtual Chemistry Lab’ (VC-L). The motivation of the research was ba...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Romli, R., Shiratuddin, Mohd Fairuz, Hashim, S.
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منشور في: Universiti Utara Malaysia 2003
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spelling my.uum.repo.10232010-09-05T06:58:12Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/1023/ The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school Romli, R. Shiratuddin, Mohd Fairuz Hashim, S. LC Special aspects of education Virtual Reality (VR) and its related technologies have paved the way to new opportunities that can be applied to improve current practices and processes in varieties of fields, including education. This research paper presents the `Virtual Chemistry Lab’ (VC-L). The motivation of the research was based on the current challenges faced by students to learn and understand, and also educators to teach chemistry using conventional and traditional means. The VC-L proposes a new method to assist current teaching practices. In supporting the VC-L proposal, issues such as cost, materials and time were among the elements studied and taken into consideration. The steps engaged to accomplish the research objectives were; elementary research methodologies, preliminary studies that primarily concentrated on gathering information, prototype software application design and development, information analysis and documentation. The WildTangent Web Driver and Autodesk 3D Studio MAX were the software development tools used to design and develop the prototype application. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2003 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/1023/1/R._Romli.pdf Romli, R. and Shiratuddin, Mohd Fairuz and Hashim, S. (2003) The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school. Journal of ICT, 2 (1). pp. 81-92. ISSN 1675-414X http://jict.uum.edu.my
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Hashim, S.
The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school
description Virtual Reality (VR) and its related technologies have paved the way to new opportunities that can be applied to improve current practices and processes in varieties of fields, including education. This research paper presents the `Virtual Chemistry Lab’ (VC-L). The motivation of the research was based on the current challenges faced by students to learn and understand, and also educators to teach chemistry using conventional and traditional means. The VC-L proposes a new method to assist current teaching practices. In supporting the VC-L proposal, issues such as cost, materials and time were among the elements studied and taken into consideration. The steps engaged to accomplish the research objectives were; elementary research methodologies, preliminary studies that primarily concentrated on gathering information, prototype software application design and development, information analysis and documentation. The WildTangent Web Driver and Autodesk 3D Studio MAX were the software development tools used to design and develop the prototype application.
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author Romli, R.
Shiratuddin, Mohd Fairuz
Hashim, S.
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Hashim, S.
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title The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school
title_short The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school
title_full The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school
title_fullStr The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school
title_full_unstemmed The virtual chemistry lab (VC-L): virtual reality as a learning tool for Malaysia's secondary school
title_sort virtual chemistry lab (vc-l): virtual reality as a learning tool for malaysia's secondary school
publisher Universiti Utara Malaysia
publishDate 2003
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