Interactive learning environments have been built to support various audiences from preschool to university students. However, it is not yet known how to bring the great promise of tutorial dialogue systems, which engage students in rich natural language, to bear for young learners such as those in grades K-5. This doctoral consortium paper presents our goal of developing a dialogue system in t...

This paper investigates whether adding interactivity to diagrammatic representations aids learning. More specifically, the analyses focus on the extent to which 3D interactive diagrams facilitate the comprehension of a geometry concept, the stereographic projection, that is usually taught using 2D diagrams. Four Interactive Learning Environments (ILE) were built in order to test the effectivene...

In recent years there has been significant growth in the use of virtual worlds for e-learning. These immersive environments offer the ability to create complex, highly interactive simulations. Video games have entered the mainstream as an increasingly popular entertainment format. Virtual learning environments’ support teaching and learning in an educational context, offering the functionality ...

Towards a framework of interactions in a blended synchronous learning environment: what effects are there on students' social presence experience? Elson Szeto & Annie Y. N. Cheng To cite this article: Elson Szeto & Annie Y. N. Cheng (2016) Towards a framework of interactions in a blended synchronous learning environment: what effects are there on students' social presence experience?, Interacti...

The breakneck advance of multimedia capabilities and internet technologies offers an unprecedented opportunity to improve the quality of teaching and learning. Nowadays the use of multimedia resources and WWW-supported learning environments is a crucial issue in education and further education. Integrating visualization, animation, interactive experiments, sound and hotlinks to relevant interne...

Interactive narrative-centered learning environments offer significant potential for scaffolding guided discovery learning in rich virtual storyworlds while creating engaging and pedagogically effective experiences. Within these environments students actively participate in problem-solving activities. A significant challenge posed by narrative-centered learning environments is devising accurate...

In this paper we discuss how the band 000000Swan uses machine learning to parse complex sensor data and create intricate artistic systems for live performance. Using the Wekinator software for interactive machine learning, we have created discrete and continuous models for controlling audio and visual environments using human gestures sensed by a commercially-available sensor bow and the Micros...

Art museums across the country have become increasingly interested in creating interactive gallery spaces geared to family audiences, as evidenced by the high attendance at the J. Paul Getty Museum’s symposium on this topic over the weekend of June 4 and 5, 2005. These interactive galleries are typically conceptualized as spaces that address the unique learning needs of families in a museum env...