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Download full textFriðriksdóttir, Kolbrún; Arnbjörnsdóttir, Birna – Research-publishing.net, 2017
The rapid growth of online education courses, especially Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), has called attention to the issue of student retention and low overall completion rates (Gaebel, 2013). The impact of different modes of delivery on retention has also received attention with a blended learning mode being deemed most effective in…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Academic Persistence, Large Group Instruction, Indo European Languages
Bédi, Branislav; Arnbjörnsdóttir, Birna; Vilhjálmsson, Hannes Högni; Helgadóttir, Hafdís Erla; Ólafsson, Stefán; Björgvinsson, Elías – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper describes how beginners of Icelandic as a foreign and second language responded to playing the first scene in Virtual Reykjavik, a video game-like environment where learners interact with virtual characters--Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs). This game enables learners to practice speaking and listening skills, to learn about the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages, Video Games, Second Language Instruction
