Interactives, Gaming, and Computer-based Simulations

Design a panda habitat

Find your way north on the Underground Railroad

Make a vaccine

Increasingly, online courses are using online games and simulations. Many of these interactives use Adobe Flash technology.

Examples of Interactives and Computer-based Simulations

Explore lots of examples by subject area at Flash Exploration.

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Explore examples of tutorials and simulations:

CogLab 2.0
Design a Panda Habitat at Conservation Central
Destination Modern Art from The Museum of Modern Art
DNA Interactive at the Dolan DNA Learning Center
Economics Interactives from the International Monetary Fund
Interactives Archive at PBS NOVA
Interactive Body from BBC
Solar System Simulator at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Making Vaccines at PBS NOVA
Middle East Politics Simulation at Macquarie University
Pathways to Freedom: Maryland & the Underground Railroad from Maryland Public Television
Physics Simulations at University of Colorado at Boulder
Wave on a String (Flash Example) from PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado
WebSim - A Simulation Based Electronic Circuits Laboratory at MIT

Explore examples of off-line games that could be turned into online games:

Learn more at Learning Spaces: Interactives from High Tech Learning.

Learn more about Flash Technology from Flash Multimedia (A 1.5hr SLIS 603 workshop).

Reminders!
Interactives are computer-based exploration and learning environments that involve computer-human interaction.

Apply It!
Explore interactives for learning.

List the pros and cons of incorporating this type of technology into online course activities.