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Bulu, Saniye Tugba – Computers & Education, 2012
This study investigated the relationship among three types of presences, including place presence, social presence, and co-presence in virtual worlds and their relationship with satisfaction and immersive tendencies of students. Students' scores on a subjective questionnaire were analyzed. The results indicated that there was a significant…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Simulation, Scores, Questionnaires
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Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Carina; Blanco-Izquierdo, Francisco – Computers & Education, 2012
In this paper we analyze the main areas of research into educational videogames and in the evolution of the technologies and design methodologies that are making these interactive systems increasingly natural, immersive and social. We present the design and development of a prototype for a collaborative educational videogame based on a Massively…
Descriptors: Video Games, Secondary Education, Online Systems, Educational Games
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deNoyelles, Aimee; Seo, Kay Kyeong-Ju – Computers & Education, 2012
A 3D multi-user virtual environment holds promise to support and enhance student online learning communities due to its ability to promote global synchronous interaction and collaboration, rich multisensory experience and expression, and elaborate design capabilities. Second Life[R], a multi-user virtual environment intended for adult users 18 and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Class Activities, Video Games, Females
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Kwok, Ron Chi-Wai; Cheng, Shuk Han; Ip, Horace Ho-Shing; Kong, Joseph Siu-Lung – Computers & Education, 2011
This study proposes a teaching and research initiative, named SAMAL (Smart AMbience for Affective Learning) that will provide a unique ambient mediated environment for integrating cognitive and affective approaches to enhance learning. Also, this study illustrates a design of SAMAL classroom with affectively evocative scenarios for learning de…
Descriptors: Creativity, Information Management, Learner Engagement, Psychoeducational Methods
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Girvan, Carina; Savage, Timothy – Computers & Education, 2010
As increasing numbers of educators explore the use of virtual worlds for education, there is a need to consider which pedagogical approaches can provide an opportunity to do more than recreate the traditional classroom by leveraging the unique characteristics and potential that the technology can offer. This study identifies Communal…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Computer Mediated Communication, Interviews, Learning Experience
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Chen, Judy F.; Warden, Clyde A.; Tai, David Wen-Shung; Chen, Farn-Shing; Chao, Chich-Yang – Computers & Education, 2011
Virtual spaces allow abstract representations of reality that not only encourage student self-directed learning but also reinforce core content of the learning objective through visual metaphors not reproducible in the physical world. One of the advantages of such a space is the ability to escape the restrictions of the physical classroom, yet…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Abstract Reasoning, Business English, Values
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Traphagan, Tomoko Watanabe; Chiang, Yueh-hui Vanessa; Chang, Hyeseung Maria; Wattanawaha, Benjaporn; Lee, Haekyung; Mayrath, Michael Charles; Woo, Jeongwon; Yoon, Hyo-Jin; Jee, Min Jung; Resta, Paul E. – Computers & Education, 2010
Using a framework of cognitive, social, and teaching presence, the nature of learning experiences in a three-dimensional virtual world environment (Second Life) and a text-chat learning environment without visuals (TeachNet) were investigated. A mixed method of code frequencies, coherence graphs, interviews, and a survey was used. The results…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperation, Cognitive Processes, Debate
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Lorenzo, Carlos-Miguel; Sicilia, Miguel Angel; Sanchez, Salvador – Computers & Education, 2012
Massively Multiuser On-line Learning (MMOL) Platforms, often called "virtual learning worlds", constitute a still unexplored context for communication-enhanced learning, where synchronous communication skills in an explicit social setting enhance the potential of effective collaboration. In this paper, we report on an experimental study of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods, Student Participation, Interaction
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Andreas, Konstantinidis; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Terzidou, Theodouli; Pomportsis, Andreas – Computers & Education, 2010
In this paper we examine the transferability of the Jigsaw and Fishbowl collaborative learning techniques to the Second Life platform. Our aim is to assess the applicability of Second Life for collaborative learning by developing virtual tools and metaphors and exploiting the representational richness of this novel medium. In order to enhance the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Figurative Language
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Blignaut, Seugnet; Nagel, Lynette – Computers & Education, 2009
Higher education institutions deliver web-based learning with varied success. The success rate of distributed online courses remains low. Factors such as ineffective course facilitation and insufficient communication contribute to the unfulfilled promises of web-based learning. Students consequently feel unmotivated. Instructor control and in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Online Courses, Internet
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Monahan, Teresa; McArdle, Gavin; Bertolotto, Michela – Computers & Education, 2008
In the past, the term e-learning referred to any method of learning that used electronic delivery methods. With the advent of the Internet however, e-learning has evolved and the term is now most commonly used to refer to online courses. A multitude of systems are now available to manage and deliver learning content online. While these have proved…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Computer Simulation, Online Courses, Lifelong Learning
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Wall, John; Ahmed, Vian – Computers & Education, 2008
Continuing professional development (CPD) and life-long learning are vital to both individual and organisational success. For higher education, the intensive resource requirements requisite in the development of e-learning content and the challenges in accommodating different learning styles, developing an e-learning program can be a resource…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Construction Industry, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
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Colomar, M. Pilar Alberola; Guzman, Eva Gil – Computers & Education, 2009
We are presenting a methodological approach that aims to increase students' motivation by asking them to develop tasks based on professional settings. In order to meet this objective a collaborative methodology was designed and applied to two multidisciplinary projects: MARKETOUR and ICT-SUSTOUR. Both projects made students face real workplace…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Learning Motivation
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Limniou, Maria; Papadopoulos, Nikos; Whitehead, Christopher – Computers & Education, 2009
Pre-laboratory activities have been known to improve students' preparation before their practical work as they assist students to make available more working memory capacity for actual learning during the laboratory. The aim of this investigation was to compare two different teaching approaches which supported a pre-laboratory session by using the…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction
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Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E. – Computers & Education, 2003
Documenting collaborative knowledge construction is critical for research in computer-supported collaborative learning. Because this is a multifaceted phenomenon, mixed methods are necessary to construct a good understanding of collaborative interactions, otherwise there is a risk of being overly reductionistic. In this paper I use quantitative…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Computer Simulation, Cooperative Learning, Data Analysis
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