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Direct linkHamshire, Claire; Cullen, W. Rod – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2014
The transition to higher education can be problematic for some students as they adapt to institutional procedures and degree level working at the same time as developing new social networks. To help facilitate these complex transitions institutions are increasingly turning towards digital technologies to provide both flexible access to resources…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Higher Education, Student Adjustment
Liu, Chang; Zhong, Ying; Ozercan, Sertac; Zhu, Qing – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2013
This paper presents a template-based solution to overcome technical barriers non-technical computer end users face when developing functional learning environments in three-dimensional virtual worlds (3DVW). "iVirtualWorld," a prototype of a platform-independent 3DVW creation tool that implements the proposed solution, facilitates 3DVW…
Descriptors: Barriers, Technology Uses in Education, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
Gui, Dean A. F.; AuYeung, Gigi – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2013
The virtual Department of English at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, also known as the Tree of Knowledge, is a project premised upon using ecology and organic forms to promote language learning in Second Life (SL). Inspired by Salmon's (2010) Tree of Learning concept this study examines how an interactive ecological environment--in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
