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Victoria L. Lowell; Weijian Yan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Virtual reality (VR) in education has tremendous potential in providing immersive and interactive experiences for students. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) technologies and IVR learning experiences have been increasingly used in education settings to support a variety of instructional methods and outcomes by providing experiential and authentic…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Instructional Design, Computer Simulation, Learning Experience
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Ng, Emily – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2020
Digital technologies can reinvent the higher education in 21st century. E-learning introduces change to both the people and the organization on any scale. To keep abreast of the times and making learning fun, one of the self-financed Higher Education Sector in Hong Kong introduced Virtual Reality (VR) and online learning for aviation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Computer Simulation
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Cheney, Amy W.; Terry, Krista P. – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
In this paper, it is argued that education, especially in the online learning setting, should be viewed as a complex, dynamic endeavor. Design and evaluation grounded in systems thinking principles of relationships and connectedness, as well as complexity theory concepts such as self-organization and emergence, prove valuable tools for…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Environment, Simulated Environment, Systems Approach
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Pueo, B.; Roma, M.; Escolano, J.; Lopez, J. J. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
In this paper, a pedagogical software for the design and analysis of loudspeaker systems is presented, with emphasis on training students in the interaction between system parameters. Loudspeakers are complex electromechanical system, whose behavior is neither intuitive nor easy to understand by inexperienced students. Although commercial…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Improvement, Computer Software, Interaction
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Lee, Chwee Beng – Computers & Education, 2010
This study examines the interactions between problem solving and conceptual change in an elementary science class where students build system dynamic models as a form of problem representations. Through mostly qualitative findings, we illustrate the interplay of three emerging intervening conditions (epistemological belief, structural knowledge…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Systems Approach
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Bouwer, Anders; Bredeweg, Bert – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2010
This article presents the design and evaluation of a tool for inspecting conceptual models of system behaviour. The basis for this research is the Garp framework for qualitative simulation. This framework includes modelling primitives, such as entities, quantities and causal dependencies, which are combined into model fragments and scenarios.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Representation, Ecology, Models
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Hung, Woei – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Systems thinking is an essential cognitive skill that enables individuals to develop an integrative understanding of a given subject at the conceptual and systemic level. Yet, systems thinking is not usually an innate skill. Helping students develop systems-thinking skills warrants attention from educators. This paper describes a study examining…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Thinking Skills, Models, Systems Approach
Nuhoglu, Hasret – Online Submission, 2008
System Dynamics is a well formulated methodology for analyzing the components of a system including cause-effect relationships and their underlying mathematics and logic, time delays, and feedback loops. It began in the business and manufacturing world, but is now affecting education and many other disciplines. Having inspired by successful policy…
Descriptors: Systems Analysis, Systems Approach, Middle Schools, Secondary School Science
Hart, Roland J.; Goehring, Dwight J. – 1985
This report of an ongoing research project intended to provide computer assistance to Army units for the scheduling of training focuses on the feasibility of simulated annealing, a heuristic approach for solving scheduling problems. Following an executive summary and brief introduction, the document is divided into three sections. First, the Army…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Computer Simulation, Costs, Heuristics
Nelson, Jorge O. – 1993
This study reviews the literature regarding the theoretical rationale for creating a computer-based school system simulation for educational leaders' use in problem solving and decision making. Like all social systems, educational systems are so complex that individuals are hard-pressed to consider all interrelated parts as a totality. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Computer Simulation, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education