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Mauricio E. Reyes; Ricardo Cruz; Ivan Meza – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
In this work, we study the feeling of membership in undergraduate students who interact with their higher education institution through a virtual environment. We explore the "Centro de Investigaciones en DiseƱo Industrial" (CIDI) case, in which a virtual environment was built using the Roblox platform to enhance the online experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Electronic Learning
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Webster, Rustin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The author investigated the interaction effect of immersive virtual reality (VR) in the classroom. The objective of the project was to develop and provide a low-cost, scalable, and portable VR system containing purposely designed and developed immersive virtual learning environments for the US Army. The purpose of the mixed design experiment was…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Knowledge Level, Comparative Analysis, Lecture Method
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Beaumont, Chris; Savin-Baden, Maggi; Conradi, Emily; Poulton, Terry – Interactive Learning Environments, 2014
This article reports the findings of a demonstrator project to evaluate how effectively Immersive Virtual Worlds (IVWs) could support problem-based learning. The project designed, created and evaluated eight scenarios within "Second Life" (SL) for undergraduate courses in health care management and paramedic training. Evaluation was…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Demonstration Programs, Program Evaluation, Problem Based Learning
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Girvan, C.; Savage, T. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2012
The combination of features in virtual worlds provides an opportunity to implement and research unique learning experiences. With increasing interest and activity from the educational research community, exploring virtual worlds for teaching and learning, there is a need to identify and understand the ethical implications of conducting research in…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Ethics, Virtual Classrooms, Learning Experience
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Jin, Seung-A. Annie – Interactive Learning Environments, 2011
Within the Entertainment-Education (E-E) framework, two experiments examined the effects of avatar-based e-health education targeting college students. Study 1 (between-subjects factorial design experiment: N = 94) tested the effects of message framing in e-learning and the moderating role of students' motivational systems on their enjoyment of…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Health Education, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation