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Pakanen, Minna; Alavesa, Paula; Arhippainen, Leena; Ojala, Timo – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2020
While three-dimensional virtual learning environments have attracted plenty of research interest, mirror-world-like virtual campuses have been used mainly for virtual tours, promotions, or for simulation purposes. In this article, the authors investigate the use of geographically accurate mirror-world-like virtual campus models as an interactive…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Virtual Universities, College Students, Student Attitudes
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Lainema, Kirsi; Lainema, Timo; Hämäläinen, Raija; Heinonen, Kirsi – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
Analysis of the applicability of a learning technology requires evaluating how the affordances of the technology respond to the users' needs. We examine affordances of a digital learning environment. We concentrate on organizational and socio-interactional affordances, which are based on technological affordances. The analysis shows how…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Needs, Program Effectiveness
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Kiili, Kristian; Lainema, Timo – Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 2010
Power is an influential component of social interaction and there are reasons for thinking that it may have important effects both on decision-making and psychological and interpersonal processes. The aim of this paper was to study the relations between the feeling of power, decision-making and flow experience in a collaborative business…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Opinions, Interpersonal Relationship, Interaction