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Gee, Elisabeth; Gee, James Paul – Teachers College Record, 2017
Background: Videogames and virtual worlds have frequently been studied as learning environments in isolation; that is, scholars have focused on understanding the features of games or virtual worlds as separate from or different than "real world" environments for learning. Although more recently, scholars have explored the teaching and…
Descriptors: Video Games, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
O'Connor, Eileen A.; Domingo, Jelia – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2017
With the advent of open source virtual environments, the associated cost reductions, and the more flexible options, avatar-based virtual reality environments are within reach of educators. By using and repurposing readily available virtual environments, instructors can bring engaging, community-building, and immersive learning opportunities to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
Bagley, E. A.; Shaffer, D. W. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
Research has shown that computer games and other virtual environments can support significant learning gains because they allow young people to explore complex concepts in simulated form. However, in complex problem-solving domains, complex thinking is learned not only by taking action, but also with the aid of mentors who provide guidance in the…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Simulated Environment, Thinking Skills, Mentors
Suarez-Warden, Fernando; Barrera, Salvador – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Communicative learning progress in industry and education must gain focus and commitment otherwise innovation efforts by new technologies and recent researches will produce scarce results. Frequently, it appears gaps in quality and efficiency due to lack of ideas assimilation, matter that can be noticed. Investigators may discourse about platforms…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Man Machine Systems, Communication Skills
Cruz, Gonçalo; Costa, António; Martins, Paulo; Gonçalves, Ramiro; Barroso, João – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
3D Virtual Worlds are being used for education and training purposes in a cross-disciplinary way. However, its widespread adoption, particularly in formal learning contexts, is far from being a reality due a broad range of technological challenges. In this reflection paper, our main goal is to argue why and how identity federation should be…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Teaching Methods
Cela-Ranilla, Jose María; Esteve-Gonzalez, Vanessa; Esteve-Mon, Francesc; Gisbert-Cervera, Merce – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2014
In this study we analyze how 57 Spanish university students of Education developed a learning process in a virtual world by conducting activities that involved the skill of self-management. The learning experience comprised a serious game designed in a 3D simulation environment. Descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests were used in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation
Pellas, Nikolaos; Peroutseas, Efstratios – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
While pedagogical and technological affordances of three-dimensional (3D) multiuser virtual worlds in various educational disciplines are largely well-known, a study about their effect on high school students' engagement in introductory programming courses is still lacking. This case study presents students' opinions about their participation in a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment
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
Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Review of the Recent Applications of Emerging Mobile Technologies
Yang, Jaeseok – English Language Teaching, 2013
As mobile computing technologies have been more powerful and inclusive in people's daily life, the issue of mobile assisted language learning (MALL) has also been widely explored in CALL research. Many researches on MALL consider the emerging mobile technologies have considerable potentials for the effective language learning. This review study…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Technology Uses in Education, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Hart, Kathy, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
Eighteen scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the seventeenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship.…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Electronic Publishing, Archives, Educational Technology
Kwok, Ron Chi-Wai; Cheng, Shuk Han; Ip, Horace Ho-Shing; Kong, Joseph Siu-Lung – Computers & Education, 2011
This study proposes a teaching and research initiative, named SAMAL (Smart AMbience for Affective Learning) that will provide a unique ambient mediated environment for integrating cognitive and affective approaches to enhance learning. Also, this study illustrates a design of SAMAL classroom with affectively evocative scenarios for learning de…
Descriptors: Creativity, Information Management, Learner Engagement, Psychoeducational Methods
Andreas, Konstantinidis; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Terzidou, Theodouli; Pomportsis, Andreas – Computers & Education, 2010
In this paper we examine the transferability of the Jigsaw and Fishbowl collaborative learning techniques to the Second Life platform. Our aim is to assess the applicability of Second Life for collaborative learning by developing virtual tools and metaphors and exploiting the representational richness of this novel medium. In order to enhance the…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Figurative Language
Kirriemuir, John – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Numerous surveys, articles, ephemera and online information sources indicate that "Second Life" has been the predominant virtual world, for educational purposes, in UK universities for the latter half of the 2000s. However, the infrastructure required to operate "Second Life" presents a number of technical concerns…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation
Lehtonen, Miika; Page, Tom; Miloseva, Lence; Thorsteinsson, Gisli – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2008
This paper puts forward a series of theoretical underpinnings and design considerations for embodying emotional and aesthetic aspects of virtual (reality) and learning environment (VLEs) in support of ubiquitous teaching, studying and learning. The authors assert that a VLE should be considered as an interactive and sensation-producing affordances…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Simulated Environment, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods
Bledsoe, Scott; Harmeyer, Dave – Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This paper provides qualitative student-centered research from an online Research Methodology course taught partly within the immersive, 3-D environment of Second Life with fifty-eight graduate psychology students for the purpose of suggesting a constructivist-based instruction model for immersive environments. A qualitative method approach was…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Web Based Instruction, Computer Simulation, Student Attitudes