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Virtual Reality as a Pedagogical Tool: An Experimental Study of English Learners in Lower Elementary Grades
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Hyunhwa Chang; Jinsoo Park; Jihae Suh – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology significantly impacted educational institutions, and AI application in education brought new perspectives to develop improved technology-enhanced learning systems. Recently, novel approaches in technology-enabled learning utilizing virtual reality (VR) instead of traditional multimedia materials, digital…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Elementary School Students, Computer Simulation, Second Language Instruction
Effectiveness of Augmented Reality on EFL Learner's Language Gains: A Meta-Analysis
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Panpan Yang; Wenlan Zhang – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
Augmented reality (AR) is an immersive, interactive, and engaging advanced information technology and it is widely used in language learning. Although several studies have evaluated the effectiveness of AR in EFL learners' language gains, these research findings are inconsistent. Therefore, this study conducted a meta-analysis to analyze to what…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
An Experimental Study on Reading in High-Immersion Virtual Reality
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Regina Kaplan-Rakowski; Alice Gruber – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
High-immersion virtual reality (VR) is an increasingly valued environment for language learners. Although reading constitutes a core language skill, practicing reading in VR has received little attention. In this between-subject, quantitative study, 79 intermediate learners of English at a German university were randomly assigned to view an…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Second Language Learning
The Spatial Influence on Vocabulary Acquisition in an Immersive Virtual Reality-Mediated Learning Environment
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Baoxin Feng; Lee-Luan Ng – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
This study aims to investigate whether VR-assisted language learning facilitates EFL learners' vocabulary learning and memory retention. One hundred seventy-seven Chinese undergraduate EFL learners were divided into VRG (VR-assisted instruction group) and CIG (conventional instruction group). Participants in the VRG (n = 75) were provided with…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Language Acquisition, Undergraduate Students, English Language Learners
Pragmatic Feedback on Refusals in a Computer-Simulated Advising Session
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Paul Richards – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
This study experimentally investigated the effectiveness of feedback on learner refusals in a computer-simulated academic advising session. Ninety participants were assigned to one of three conditions: implicit feedback, explicit feedback, and comparison group. Oral and written discourse completion tasks (DCTs) were administered in a pretest…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Simulation, Academic Advising, Pretests Posttests
Avoiding the Discriminatory Use of Artificial Intelligence
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Office for Civil Rights, US Department of Education, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education's (Department's) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provides this resource to assist school communities with ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) is used in a nondiscriminatory manner in the nation's elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education consistent with federal civil rights laws.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, School Safety, Decision Making