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Successful Implementation of E-Learning in Self-Financed Higher Education: Experience from Hong Kong
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Ng, Emily – Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 2020
Digital technologies can reinvent the higher education in 21st century. E-learning introduces change to both the people and the organization on any scale. To keep abreast of the times and making learning fun, one of the self-financed Higher Education Sector in Hong Kong introduced Virtual Reality (VR) and online learning for aviation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Higher Education, Computer Simulation
A Gender Matching Effect in Learning with Pedagogical Agents in an Immersive Virtual Reality Science Simulation
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Makransky, Guido; Wismer, Philip; Mayer, Richard E. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2019
The main objective of this study is to determine whether boys and girls learn better when the characteristics of the pedagogical agent are matched to the gender of the learner while learning in immersive virtual reality (VR). Sixty-six middle school students (33 females) were randomly assigned to learn about laboratory safety with one of two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Gender Differences, Computer Simulation
Impact of a Physical Education Teacher's Age on Elementary School Students' Perceptions of Effectiveness and Learning
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Pennington, Colin G.; Curtner-Smith, Matthew D.; Wind, Stefanie A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2019
Purpose: To examine the impact of a physical education teacher's age on students' learning and perceptions of the teacher. Method: A total of 188 elementary students were randomly assigned to view one of two virtually identical filmed swimming lessons. In the young-appearance lesson, the teacher was youthful. In the middle-aged lesson, he had been…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Physical Education Teachers, Physical Education, Age Differences
"I'm a Computer Scientist!": Virtual Reality Experience Influences Stereotype Threat and STEM Motivation among Undergraduate Women
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Starr, Christine R.; Anderson, Barrett R.; Green, Katherine A. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2019
Women are less likely to choose physical Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (pSTEM) majors, partly because a lack of role models makes it hard for women to imagine themselves as successful in those fields. Possible self-interventions can help people imagine themselves having a successful future. Using social cognitive theory and…
Descriptors: Females, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Social Cognition
The Design of Motivational Agents and Avatars
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Baylor, Amy L. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
While the addition of an anthropomorphic interface agent to a learning system generally has little direct impact on learning, it potentially has a huge impact on learner motivation. As such agents become increasingly ubiquitous on the Internet, in virtual worlds, and as interfaces for learning and gaming systems, it is important to design them to…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Self Efficacy, Motivation Techniques, Instructional Design
Science Education in Second Life
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Merchant, Zahira – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of the observational study was to investigate whether spaces in Second Life (SL) displaying interactive scientific exhibits can become potential avenues to promote inquiry in teaching scientific concepts. 42 SL spaces (islands) were selected using inclusion/exclusion criteria out of 155 spaces that were found using three different…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Exhibits, Science Education, Computer Simulation