Increasing student engagement and retention using immersive interfaces : virtual worlds, gaming, and simulation /

Includes index.<br>Innovative approaches in higher education : an introduction to using immersive interfaces / Patrick Blessinger, Charles Wanke -- Learner engagement in the use of individual and collaborative serious games / Margarida Romero -- Strategies for designing engaging e-learning instructions : know your learners' need / Wei Lian Tan -- Game mechanics for classroom engagement / Stayc DuBravac -- Increasing student engagement using client-based peer assessment in multi-role, whole-enterprise simulations / Steve Gove -- Bringing the classroom to life : using virtual worlds to develop teacher candidate skills / Danielle Mirliss, Grace May, Mary Zedeck -- Engaging Chinese students and enhancing leadership development through virtual simulation : a cross-cultural perspective / Scott A. Johnson, Jing Luo -- Engagement in an online video simulation in educational leadership / R. Martin Reardon ... [et al.] -- Augmenting engagement : augmented reality in education / Jon Cabiria -- Bolstering student hands-on experience through the use of virtualization / Denise M. Pheils -- Use of open source software and virtualization in academia to enhance higher education everywhere / Maurice Eugene Dawson, Imad Al Saeed -- Active learning in a robotics laboratory with university students / Lorella Gabriele, Assunta Tavernise, Francesca Bertacchini -- Utilising the virtual learning environment to encourage faculty reflection and improve the student learning experience / Tiffany M. Winchester, Maxwell K. Winchester.