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Ezgi Dogan; Yusuf Levent Sahin – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: It is crucial to use innovative tools to gain clinical reasoning skills through experiential learning in pharmacy education, and one of the most effective tools used in this is virtual reality. However, the lack of research that empirically demonstrates the instructional principles of virtual environment design, especially in the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Education
Victoria L. Lowell; Weijian Yan – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2024
Virtual reality (VR) in education has tremendous potential in providing immersive and interactive experiences for students. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) technologies and IVR learning experiences have been increasingly used in education settings to support a variety of instructional methods and outcomes by providing experiential and authentic…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Instructional Design, Computer Simulation, Learning Experience
Jian-Guo Jiang; Qing-Shen Li; Xin Guan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Experimental learning is one kind of contextual learning, which places learners in a variety of virtual or real contexts to acquire knowledge, gain ability and experience, and generates emotion through experiencing and perceiving, communicating and exploring, and self-reflecting. Applying VR technology to experiential learning involves both…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Computer Simulation, Global Approach, Technology Uses in Education
Matovu, Henry; Ungu, Dewi Ayu Kencana; Won, Mihye; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Treagust, David F.; Mocerino, Mauro; Tasker, Roy – Studies in Science Education, 2023
The advanced visualisation and interactive capabilities make immersive virtual reality (IVR) attractive for educators to investigate its educational benefits. This research reviewed 64 studies published in 2016-2020 to understand how science educators designed, implemented, and evaluated IVR-based learning. The immersive design features (sensory,…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Science Education
Wu, Wen-Chi Vivian; Manabe, Kinnosuke; Marek, Michael W.; Shu, Yu – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2023
This study aimed to foster development of the 21st-century five core competencies, including Creativity and innovation, Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Computer-information literacy using Student-Centered Active Learning in an instructional design in which student groups created their own virtual reality…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Computer Simulation, Creativity, Innovation
Rachel Faerber-Ovaska – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This mixed-methods study involved implementation of virtual field trip (VFT) projects in an online undergraduate foreign language (FL) course, with a close focus on four student participants' use of VFTs over four weeks. Participants explored an Italian city using desktop virtual reality; narrated their experiences, and created an annotated…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning
Mohd Radzi, Shanizan Herman; Tan, Wee Hoe; Yusoff, Amri – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2019
Purpose: This study examines the effects of a simulation board game for teaching and learning shipping management in higher education. A framework of comprehensive shipping operations is developed according to the syllabus of the Shipping Management course at Universiti Utara Malaysia. The course core content in the game covers two main…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Marine Education
James, Nikki; Humez, Andrea; Laufenberg, Philipp – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Team projects allow students to apply their technical skills to a real-world context and build twenty-first century competencies, including teamwork, project management and communication skills. However, the complex challenges that such experiential learning projects present for students and faculty can limit the scale of implementation. This…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
Johnston, Elizabeth; Olivas, Gerald; Steele, Patricia; Smith, Cassandra; Bailey, Liston – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2018
New virtual reality (VR) applications for education appear frequently in the marketplace but rarely contain explicit pedagogies. The research objective of this study was to identify and categorize principles and practices of pedagogy that are evident but not articulated in selected VR applications for education. Analysis of public content for the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning, Educational Principles, Content Analysis
Mirzaei, Maryam Sadat; Meshgi, Kourosh; Nishida, Toyoaki – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The emergence of virtual worlds and simulation games provide ample opportunities for developing cultural competence by offering a visual, contextual, immersive, and interactive experience. Learners can benefit from contextual interactions and develop cultural competencies by fulfilling quests or exploring the environment. However, most of the…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Cultural Awareness, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wesley, Alexa; Parnell, Amelia; Askin, Jacalyn – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2020
Higher education is deploying a range of innovative strategies in response to rising costs and financial challenges. This report presents findings from a NASPA [National Association of Student Personnel Administrators] study on cost-saving initiatives at three institutions. Each institution aimed to creatively address different areas affecting…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cost Effectiveness, Professional Associations, Student Personnel Workers
Pellas, Nikolaos; Kazanidis, Ioannis; Konstantinou, Nikolaos; Georgiou, Georgia – Education and Information Technologies, 2017
The present literature review builds on the results of 50 research articles published from 2000 until 2016. All these studies have successfully accomplished various learning tasks in the domain of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education using three-dimensional (3-D) multi-user virtual worlds for Primary, Secondary and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Computer Simulation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Fraser, Kym, Ed. – International Perspectives on Higher Education Research, 2014
Typically New Generation Learning Spaces (NGLS) across the international higher education sector are being designed to support a more student-centred approach to teaching, through more active and collaborative learning opportunities, often using new technology (Keppell et al. 2012). However, the promise of NGLS appear to remain unfulfilled. This…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Learning Strategies, Higher Education, International Education
Bastiaens, Theo, Ed. – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, 2017
The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "E-Learn 2017: World Conference on E-Learning" took place in…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Conferences (Gatherings), Conference Papers, Foreign Countries
Robison, Elizabeth Sharon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Nursing education is experiencing a transition in how students are exposed to clinical situations. Technology, specifically human patient computer simulation, is replacing human exposure in clinical education (Nehring, 2010b). Kaakinen and Arwood (2009) discuss the need to apply learning theories to instructional designs involving simulation for…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Simulation, Experiential Learning, Correlation