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Virtually There: Emerging Designs for

Four research projects used Second LifeTM, a 3D virtual-world platform, to investigate aspects of technology-enhanced STEM education. These European and USA studies, which differ in their pedagogical-philosophy commitments, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and target content, critically examine a range of cognitive, affective, technical, and social factors pertaining to the prospects of s...

Navigation: Am I really Lost or Virtually There

Data is presented from virtual environment (VE) navigation studies that used buildingand chessboard-type layouts. Participants learned by repeated navigation, spending several hours in each environment. While some participants quickly learned to navigate efficiently, others remained almost totally disoriented. In the virtual buildings this disorientation was illustrated by mean direction estima...

Virtually there: emerging designs for STEM teaching and learning in immersive online 3D microworlds

Four research projects used Second LifeTM, a 3D virtual-world platform, to investigate aspects of technology-enhanced STEM education. These European and USA studies, which differ in their pedagogical-philosophy commitments, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and target content, critically examine a range of cognitive, affective, technical, and social factors pertaining to the prospects of s...

Extending the Vision of Distance Education to Learning via Virtually Being There and Beyond

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Data is presented from virtual environment (VE) navigation studies that used buildingand chessboard-type layouts. Participants learned by repeated navigation, spending several hours in each environment. While some participants quickly learned to navigate efficiently, others remained almost totally disoriented. In the virtual buildings this disorientation was illustrated by mean direction estima...