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Teaching Science through Web Adventures
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2001:1 , 2001

Janice Mayes, Donna Smith & Leslie Miller, Rice University, USA

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Using Web-based Multimedia Narrative and Simulations to Teach about Drugs of Abuse
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2004:1 , 2004

Leslie Miller, Janette Moreno & Janice Mayes, Rice University, USA

The web adventure series, THE RECONSTRUCTORS® was created in a comic book style using Macromedia FLASH to teach middle school students about the neurobiology and history of two classes of drugs, opiates and club drugs. The web-based approach is...

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Constructing Web-based Adventure Games that Teach: A Model that Works
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2003:1 , 2003

Leslie Miller, Moreno Janette, Estsrera Vicky, Mayes Janice & Donna Smith, Rice University, USA

How does one move from science concepts to final production of an interactive web adventure? What are the processes, the incremental steps, and the challenges involved? How do you test the web adventure's learning outcomes and usability? The answers ...

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Problem-based Learning and Flash 4.0: An Experiment in Science Education
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2000:1 , 2000

Leslie Miller, Janice Mayes & Donna Smith, Rice University, USA

How does one design learning resources that will reach large audiences, capture the imagination, and compete with the game environments that are popular among of middle school students? The Reconstructors is a new episodic adventure series,...

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Anchoring Instruction in a Web-based Adventure Game: How does it work?
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE) 2002:1 , 2002

Janette Moreno, Donna Smith, Janice Mayes & Leslie Miller, Rice University Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, USA

How does one capture best practice from the paradigms of situated learning and anchored instruction and combine that with the powerfully engaging multimedia gaming environments that are popular with adolescents? Is it possible to design a game with...

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