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Immersive, Task-Based Language Learning through XR and AI: From Design Thinking to Deployment
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Yalun Zhou; Rahul Divekar – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
The integration of design thinking with extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential for second language (L2) learning by providing immersive, interactive, and personalized experiences. Despite significant advancements in XR and AI technologies, their practical integration within formal language education…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation
Exploring Teachers' Competences to Integrate Augmented Reality in Education: Results from an International Study
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Stavros A. Nikou; Maria Perifanou; Anastasios A. Economides – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Augmented Reality (AR) can enhance learning experiences offering many benefits to students. However, its integration in educational practice is rather limited due to several obstacles. One of these obstacles is the absence of AR digital competencies among instructors. Limited research exists about teachers' competence areas in integrating AR in…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Technology Integration, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
Facilitating Molecular Biology Teaching by Using Augmented Reality (AR) and Protein Data Bank (PDB)
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Safadel, Parviz; White, David – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Spatial understanding of molecules in molecular biology provides a better understanding of molecules in isolation and relation to their next elements. Augmented reality (AR) has recently been developed as a computer interface that enables the users to see the real world with virtual objects superimposed on it. We report a method that shows the use…
Descriptors: Molecular Biology, College Students, Science Instruction, Computer Interfaces
Educators' Interests, Prior Knowledge and Questions Regarding Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and 3D Printing and Modeling
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Trust, Torrey; Woodruff, Nathaniel; Checrallah, Matthew; Whalen, Jeromie – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2021
Innovative new technologies, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and 3D printers, provide new affordances for education. While each of these technologies has been shown to positively impact learning, they have not yet been widely adopted in schools. With the interest in these technologies growing among educators, this study…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Printing, Computer Peripherals
Building Digital Literacy Bridges: Connecting Cultures and Promoting Global Citizenship in Elementary Classrooms through School-Based Virtual Field Trips
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Delacruz, Stacy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2019
Students deepen their content knowledge and collaborative skills as they interact with others across the globe. In order to deepen early childhood students' awareness and understanding of the world, teachers worked with their classes to develop and share school-based virtual field trips. The researcher sought to (a) identify the steps to create a…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation
Stimulating Students' Use of External Representations for a Distance Education Time Machine Design
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Baaki, John; Luo, Tian – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2017
As faculty members in an instructional design and technology (IDT) program, we wanted to help our graduate students better understand and experience how designers design in the real world. We aimed to design a reflective and collaborative learning environment where we sparked students to engage in reflection, ideation, and the iterative process of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students, Graduate School Faculty