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Zipp, Sarah A.; Craig, Scotty D. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2019
Biases influence the decisions people make in everyday life, even if they are unaware of it. The current study investigates the extent bias behavior transfers into social interactions in virtual worlds by investigating the effect of aversive racism on helping behaviors and learning within a virtual world for medical triage training. In a 2 × 2 × 2…
Descriptors: Behavior, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Computer Mediated Communication
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Pasfield-Neofitou, Sarah; Huang, Hui; Grant, Scott – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Increased recognition of the role of the body and environment in cognition has taken place in recent decades in the form of new theories of embodied and extended cognition. The growing use of ever more sophisticated computer-generated 3D virtual worlds and avatars has added a new dimension to these theories of cognition. Both developments provide…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Language Acquisition, Classroom Environment, Case Studies
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Segedy, James R.; Kinnebrew, John S.; Biswas, Gautam – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
Betty's Brain is an open-ended learning environment in which students learn about science topics by teaching a virtual agent named Betty through the construction of a visual causal map that represents the relevant science phenomena. The task is complex, and success requires the use of metacognitive strategies that support knowledge acquisition,…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, Computer Mediated Communication, Intelligent Tutoring Systems