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Direct linkWeijian Yan; Victoria L. Lowell – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
Virtual Reality (VR) has been utilized in foreign language education for over 50 years, and it has gone through four distinct stages in foreign language education: Two-dimensional (2D) text-based VR, three-dimensional (3D) desktop-based VR, 3D HMD-based VR, and AI-enhanced 3D HMD-based VR. Drawing on relevant studies and examples, this article…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Sadra Jafari Ghalehkohneh; Jared Arnell; Kaden Hart; Hillary Swanson; Boyd Edwards; John Edwards – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Digital simulations are powerful instructional tools for physics education. They are often designed to visualize canonical physical phenomena, with adjustable parameters for influencing the system. While this is sufficient for developing conceptual and qualitative intuitions, it does little to help physics students build connections between…
Descriptors: Physics, Computer Simulation, Science Education, Equations (Mathematics)
Rebecca L. Hite; Gina M. Childers; Jill Hoffman – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2025
The transformation of natural history and science museums from receptacles (temples) to facilitators (forums) of knowledge fosters discourse around issues relating to science and society, known as social scientific issues (SSI). To assist guests with enhanced object-based learning, extended reality (XR) technologies are thought to leverage the…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Science and Society, Science Education, Museums
Merve Basdogan; Ceren Gokmen; Ibrahim Akdilek – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
This study examines the pedagogical decision-making of teacher candidates in virtual reality (VR) environments, focusing on instructional strategies, spatial interactions, and associated challenges. Using a descriptive phenomenological approach, class recordings and debriefing interviews with five U.S.-based teacher candidates were analyzed, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Spatial Ability, Computer Simulation, Phenomenology
Jiangjie Chen; Xin Sun; Wei Wei; Jue Bai – SAGE Open, 2025
In recent years, supported by digital technology, virtual reality (VR) has brought about a paradigm shift in education. Students can experience the interactivity and immersive learning offered by VR technology in virtual worlds. This study applies virtual reality as a new instructional mode in field trip courses and explores the factors…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Intention, Art Education, Field Trips
Gu, Peidi; Xu, Xinhao; Qian, Xueqin; Weng, Tsung-Han – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2023
Multiple studies have examined learning and training for autistic students to improve their quality of life by using eXtended-Reality (XR) technologies, which mainly include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR). Nevertheless, little is known about how technical features and technology affordances of the XR…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Affordances, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Mantziou, Olga; Papachristos, Nikiforos M.; Mikropoulos, Tassos A. – Education and Information Technologies, 2018
Three Dimensional Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) are promising tools in education because of the unique affordances they offer. These learning affordances imply certain actions that in turn can lead to corresponding learning activities. There seems to be a lack of reports on which of the affordances of MUVEs for learning and teaching are…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Affordances, Virtual Classrooms, Computer Simulation
Yu, Fu-Yun; Hsieh, Hsiao-Ting; Chang, Ben – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2017
This study explored the potential of Second Life (SL), a popular multi-user virtual online environment, for university counseling. University students (n = 312) were asked to evaluate three counseling channels (i.e., traditional face-to-face, internet, and SL) based on a range of media features deemed relevant and important to counseling and to…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, College Students, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment
Ritz, Leah T.; Buss, Alan R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
Increasing availability of immersive virtual reality (IVR) systems, such as the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) and head-mounted displays, for use in education contexts is providing new opportunities and challenges for instructional designers. By highlighting the affordances of IVR specific to the CAVE, the authors emphasize the…
Descriptors: Models, Alignment (Education), Instructional Design, Affordances
Liaw, Meei-Ling – Educational Technology & Society, 2019
This study investigates the effects of using open social VR for university English as a foreign language (EFL) learners' intercultural communication learning. The project involved two stages: (1) carefully designed activities for students to practice different language-learning tasks with their peers; (2) implemented in an open social VR…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Branch, Robert Maribe, Ed.; Lee, Hyewon, Ed.; Tseng, Sheng Shiang, Ed. – Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, 2019
This is Volume 42 of the "Educational Media and Technology Yearbook." For the past 40 years, the Yearbook has contributed to the field of Educational Technology in presenting contemporary topics, ideas, and developments regarding diverse technology tools for educational purposes. This Yearbook has inspired researchers, practitioners, and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Simulation, Technology Integration
Terry, Krista, Ed.; Cheney, Amy, Ed. – IGI Global, 2016
The integration of emerging technologies in higher education presents a new set of challenges and opportunities for educators. With a growing need for customized lesson plans in online education, educators are rethinking the design and development of their learning environments. "Utilizing Virtual and Personal Learning Environments for…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Higher Education, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education
