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Patrick Bowers; Kelley Graydon; Tracii Ryan; Jey Han Lau; Dani Tomlin – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2024
This study presents a scoping review of research on artificial intelligence (AI)- driven virtual patients (VPs) for communication skills training of healthcare students. We aimed to establish what is known about these emergent learning tools, to characterise their design and implementation into training programmes. The preferred reporting items…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Simulation, College Students
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Roberto Bacani Figueroa Jr.; Insung Jung – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
This paper presents an investigation into the integration of virtual reality (VR) tours in online English lessons tailored for adult learners. The study utilised a design-based research approach to evaluate the effectiveness of VR tours in this context. It specifically examined the responses of adult learners to this instructional strategy by…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ng, Davy Tsz Kit – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
The term metaverse appeared for the first time in a novel published in 1992. Since the early 2000s, researchers have started to use this term to refer to digital technologies for learners to interact with other users with avatars. The term came to prominence in around 2020 due to the rebranding of Facebook. However, there was no consensus on what…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Definitions, Interaction, Computer Simulation
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Cochrane, Thomas; Narayan, Vickel; Aiello, Stephen; Alizadeh, Mehrasa; Birt, James; Bone, Elisa; Cowie, Neil; Cowling, Michael; Deneen, Chris; Goldacre, Paul; Sinfield, David; Stretton, Todd; Worthington, Tom – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Mobile learning is well established in literature and practice, but under-evolved from a rigorous learning design perspective. Activity theory presents a sophisticated way of mapping and understanding learning design, but for mobile learning this does not always translate into change in practice. The reported research addresses this by coupling a…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Handheld Devices, Instructional Design, Foreign Countries
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Derek L. Choi-Lundberg; Kerryn Butler-Henderson; Kristyn Harman; Joseph Crawford – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2023
In the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, there was considerable innovation in designing and implementing teaching and learning with technology in fully online, face-to-face and blended modes. To provide an overview of technology-enhanced learning in higher education, we conducted a systematic literature review following PRISMA guidelines of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Digital Literacy, Influence of Technology
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Lin, Huang-Yao; Tsai, Shu-Chiao – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
This study investigated the use of an augmented reality (AR) -supported application called STEMUP to develop mobile English courses on Android and iOS smartphones. It focused on vocabulary and listening and speaking skills, in an initial assessment of the effectiveness of implementing AR-based mobile English courses. The study was conducted with…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students, Elementary School Students, Material Development
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Zheng, Dongping; Schmidt, Matthew; Hu, Ying; Liu, Min; Hsu, Jesse – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
The purpose of this research was to explore the relationships between design, learning, and translanguaging in a 3D collaborative virtual learning environment for adolescent learners of Chinese and English. We designed an open-ended space congruent with ecological and dialogical perspectives on second language acquisition. In such a space,…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Educational Environment, Chinese, Language Acquisition
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Chow, Meyrick – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2016
There is a growing body of evidence that feeling present in virtual environments contributes to effective learning. Presence is a psychological state of the user; hence, it is generally agreed that individual differences in user characteristics can lead to different experiences of presence. Despite the fact that user characteristics can play a…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Henderson, Michael; Huang, Hui; Grant, Scott; Henderson, Lyn – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
It was found in the two-year study reported in this article that a single collaborative language lesson using "Second Life" can result in a statistically significant increase in student self-efficacy beliefs across a range of specific and general language skills. However, students with different "real life" prior experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Language Skills, Chinese
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Stewart, Sarah; Davis, Deborah – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Pressures in terms of the availability of quality, real-life clinical experiences for students have resulted in increased interest in the use of simulation in a variety of healthcare disciplines. "Te wahi whanau: The birth place" is a Virtual Birth Centre (VBC) that was created in "Second Life" in 2009 as part of the Second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obstetrics, Sustainability, Nursing Education
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Downey, Steve; Mohler, Jill; Morris, Joan; Sanchez, Rene – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Online learning critically relies upon good communication between engaged parties in order to convey ideas, meanings, and values. Emerging technologies in collaborative virtual environments are providing new affordances in establishing greater online presence and, in turn, greater abilities to communicate and learn. This study examines how…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Virtual Classrooms
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Loke, Swee-Kin; Blyth, Phil; Swan, Judith – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
While the potentials of virtual worlds to support experiential learning in medical education are well documented, assessment of student learning within these environments is relatively scarce and often incongruent. In this article, a conceptual framework is proposed for formatively assessing dispositional behaviours in scenario-based learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Experiential Learning, Medical Education
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Holmes, Kathryn – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
Teaching is a complex endeavour that requires teachers to meld knowledge about the nature of learners, pedagogical strategies and discipline content. In recent years an increasing variety of educational technologies are finding their way into the school classroom, including the widespread acceptance of interactive whiteboards (IWBs). The emerging…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mathematics Instruction
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Baser, Mustafa – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
This paper reports upon an active learning approach that promotes conceptual change when studying direct current electricity circuits, using free open source software, "Qucs". The study involved a total of 102 prospective mathematics teacher students. Prior to instruction, students' understanding of direct current electricity was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Mathematics Teachers, Teaching Methods, Physics
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Kennedy, Gregor E.; Judd, Terry S. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2004
In this paper we argue that the use of audit trail data for research and evaluation purposes has attracted scepticism due to real and perceived difficulties associated with the data's interpretation. We suggest that educational technology researchers and evaluators need to better understand how audit trail data can be processed and analysed…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Educational Resources, Data Analysis, Research Methodology