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Hwang, Yohan; Shin, Dongkwang; Lee, Hyejin – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
The main purpose of this paper is to add empirical data to the nascent field of metaverse learning and teaching by examining factors affecting student participation and their perceived experiences of different metaverse platforms. For data collection, 57 Korean undergraduates participated in a self-administered questionnaire and a short reflective…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Simulation, Electronic Learning, Student Participation
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Cavanaugh, Gesulla; Condry, Helen M.; Afable, Clarissa Frances; Morris, Melissa; De, Santanu; Madison, Holly Evans; Marshall, Jacqueline; Victor, Chitra Paul; Weiner, Marsha – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2023
Guided by constructivist theory, this study examines health professions student learning and engagement in the virtual classroom (VC) setting. Students (N=52) participated in a one-week VC prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. After participation, students were surveyed to discern their impressions of the experience, including the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Student Participation, Learner Engagement, Computer Simulation
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Paul Cox – Educational Media International, 2024
This study reports findings from a higher education investment course designed to enhance skills-based learning through experiential, immersive, live, and technologically empowering elements. Results suggest the following performance for the course. First, pure popularity and peer-to-peer word-of-mouth has seen course numbers grow almost 2.5× over…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Investment, Finance Occupations, Business Administration Education
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Kruk, Mariusz – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
The present paper presents the results of a study which examined fluctuations in the levels of foreign language anxiety (FLA) in the virtual world Second Life (SL) and factors accounting for such changes as reported by a female student of English philology. The student participated in 14 sessions over the period of one semester. Using data…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Communication (Thought Transfer), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Asfihana, Raida; Salija, Kisman; Iskandar; Garim, Idawati – International Journal of Language Education, 2022
Project-based learning is a learner-centered process that gives freedom to the students to design their own project works. Though numerous research results on the enactment of Project-Based Learning instruction have already been reported, only a limited number have reported its enactment in a virtual learning environment. This present research…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Priestnall, Gary; FitzGerald, Elizabeth; Meek, Sam; Sharples, Mike; Polmear, Gemma – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2019
This paper provides a two-phase study to compare alternative techniques for augmenting landscape scenes on geography fieldtrips. The techniques were: a pre-prepared acetate overlay; a custom-designed mobile field guide; a locative media app on a smartphone; a virtual globe on a tablet PC; a head-mounted virtual reality display, and a geo-wand…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Evaluators, Handheld Devices, Geographic Information Systems
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Chamizo-Gonzalez, Julian; Cano-Montero, Elisa Isabel; Urquia-Grande, Elena; Muñoz-Colomina, Clara Isabel – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper are twofold. First, to disclose whether accounting students who participate more in online activities proposed by the teacher achieve better learning outcomes. Second, to identify which virtual learning activities achieve improved outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Data mining is a computer-based tool devoted…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Accounting, Learning Analytics, Teaching Methods
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Chamberlain, Julia M.; Lancaster, Kelly; Parson, Robert; Perkins, Katherine K. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
We studied how students engaged with an interactive simulation in a classroom setting and how that engagement was affected by the design of a guiding activity. Students (n = 210) completed a written activity using an interactive simulation in second semester undergraduate general chemistry recitations. The same simulation--PhET Interactive…
Descriptors: Interaction, Undergraduate Students, Chemistry, College Science
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Faridi, Mohammad Rishad; Al Kahtani, Nasser Saad; Alam, Teg; Malki, Said – International Education Studies, 2014
Catch 'em young for imparting hands-on rigorous academic training. This is what has been relentlessly pursued while dealing with the undergraduate students of business management who are to be thoroughly exposed to the whole gamut of quality work life. Whether they opt for corporate career or pursue masters or choose be an entrepreneur, their…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students, Quality Control, Educational Quality
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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conference e-Learning 2018, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society, 17-19 July, 2018. This conference is part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 2018, 17-20 July, which had a total of 617 submissions.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Online Courses, Educational Environment
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Hester, Donald D. – Journal of Economic Education, 1991
Describes an instructional simulation of a commercial banking system. Identifies the teaching of portfolio theory, market robustness, and the subtleties of institutional constraints and decision making under uncertainty as the project's goals. Discusses the results of applying the simulation in an environment of local and national markets and a…
Descriptors: Banking, Computer Simulation, Economics Education, Free Enterprise System
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction