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What Are the Learning Affordances of 3-D Virtual Environments?
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Dalgarno, Barney; Lee, Mark J. W. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2010
This article explores the potential learning benefits of three-dimensional (3-D) virtual learning environments (VLEs). Drawing on published research spanning two decades, it identifies a set of unique characteristics of 3-D VLEs, which includes aspects of their representational fidelity and aspects of the learner-computer interactivity they…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Knowledge Representation, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Research
Model-based Training of Situated Skills.
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Khan, Tariq M.; Brown, Keith – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2000
Addresses areas of situated knowledge (metacognitive skills and affective skills) that have been ignored in intelligent computer-aided learning systems. Focuses on model-based reasoning, including contextualized and decontextualized knowledge, and examines an instructional method that supports situated knowledge by providing opportunities for…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Computer Assisted Instruction, Knowledge Representation, Learning Strategies
A User-Centered Approach to the Design of an Expert System for Training.
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Borges, Marcos Augusto Francisco; Baranauskas, M. Cecilia C. – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1998
Reports on a research project designed to develop an intelligent computer-based learning environment of industrial applications. "Jonas," an expert system, is part of a modeling/simulation environment which enables shop-floor workers to test and put new philosophies of work into practice in the context of manufacture. The approach focuses on the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Expert Systems