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Kim, Heesung; Ke, Fengfeng – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This experimental study was intended to examine whether the integration of game characteristics in the OpenSimulator-supported virtual reality (VR) learning environment can improve mathematical achievement for elementary school students. In this pre- and posttest experimental comparison study, data were collected from 132 fourth graders through an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Fiore, Stephen M.; Rodriguez, Walter E.; Carstens, Deborah S. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
This paper presents a framework for facilitating communication among STEM project teams that are geographically dispersed in synchronous or asynchronous online courses. The framework has been developed to: (a) improve how engineering and technology students and faculty work with collocated and geographically-dispersed teams; and (b) to connect the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Cooperation, Internet, Online Courses
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Grunwald, S.; Ramasundaram, V.; Bruland, G. L.; Jesseman, D. K. – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2007
In this article we describe the implementation of an emerging virtual learning environment to teach GIS and spatial sciences to distance education graduate students. We discuss the benefits and constraints of our mixed architecture with the main focus on the innovative hybrid architecture of the virtual GIS computer laboratory. Criteria that were…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Geographic Information Systems, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers