This study focuses on the application of virtual reality (VR) technology in the field of vocal music training. The author explored VR's application effect and provided references for the modernization of vocal music education. The author constructed a VR vocal music training system, elaborated on its hardware and software components and functions…

With the UK government's target of Net Zero by 2050, alongside the rising cost of energy in the UK, it is imperative that public opinion aligns with and promotes affordable, greener energy systems. Within this dialogue, young people's voices and lived experience are needed to deepen the impact of energy policy intervention strategies. This article…

Many interventions that "work" in small-scale trials often fail at scale, highlighting the centrality of effective scaling for realizing the promise of evidence-based policy. We study the scaling of a personalized adaptive learning (PAL) software that was highly effective in a small-scale trial. We adapt the PAL implementation for…

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into higher education has revolutionised academic research and teaching, offered transformative opportunities while raising significant ethical challenges. This Delphi study investigates the ethical dilemmas and institutional requirements for maintaining academic integrity in AI-driven…

Use of digital technology has been steadily increasing in many areas of people's everyday lives, including teaching and learning. This rise in technology use is not experienced equally around the world, however. The digital divide is a term used to describe inequalities in access to, and use of, Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The…

Augmented reality (AR) continues to demonstrate its impact on education. Despite the increasing interest in AR as a pedagogical tool and the evidence gathered from literature reviews, there has been limited information on how AR may improve the mathematics achievement of K-12 students. This study aims to synthesize the effects of AR use on the…

Innovative digital technologies, particularly virtual reality (VR), have significant potential to enhance design education by creating virtual design classrooms that support collaborative and 3D studio practices on campus and in distance learning. However, the methods of integrating these technologies and their impacts on design education need…

We assessed the social learning benefits provided by online panel discussions, where topics and questions on forestry issues were collected from the audience but the discussions were limited to the people on the panel. We also examined the influence of different panelists including experts, Extension professionals, and peers. Findings indicate…

Popular divergent thinking tasks, such as the Alternate Uses tasks, are widely familiar and frequently used but somewhat outdated, leave little freedom for imagination, provide limited opportunity for high creativity, and lack ecological validity. Therefore, we developed novel tasks using immersive virtual reality (VR) to assess figural (drawing…

Through colonialism, external forces can alter and shift social structures and practices. It causes trans-generational, often normalized, invisible, and profound marginalization of the collective identities of local and indigenous populations. Decolonization is the resisting and undoing of colonial impacts. It's the process of reforming a…

Digital health, safety, and citizenship skills reflect the full set of knowledge and habits students can adopt to protect themselves and others in online spaces. For schools and districts, protecting student health and safety while those skills develop means taking an approach that can include policies governing the use of school-provided…

Bringing together the research of leading international scholars in the field of digital learning, "Designing Effective Digital Learning Environments" discusses cutting-edge advancements in digital technology and presents an evidence-informed summary of best practices for effective design principles and implementation within educational…

In the COVID-19 era, "Yellowdig" (an online discussion board with social media-like features) has increasingly risen to prominence in higher education. Reflecting on a multi-year experiment involving 14 international business and marketing courses, I argue that Yellowdig remains a valuable tool for learning even after returning to…

Hollywood screenwriters worry about Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacements taking over their jobs. Famous museums litigate to protect their art from AI infringement. A major retailer scraps a machine-learning based recruitment program that was biased against women. These are just a few examples of how AI is affecting the world of work,…

Service-Learning (SL) is a powerful methodology to acquire competences and values in Higher Education. However, there is still no widespread use in Information and Computer Science (ICS) degrees where most of the subjects are focused on the development of theoretical and practical contents purely related to technical competences. In this paper, we…