Interaction between virtual and physical worlds is an area of growing importance as technology increases the amount of virtualization in our lives. However, to-date, most of this work has focused on translating the physical world into a virtual representation, with little attention being paid to instantiating the virtual in the physical world. This paper addresses this latter issue. In particul...

Learning takes place within a web of social relationships as teachers and pupils interact both formally and informally. Schools are institutional spaces for communities of learners, including both students and teachers. Education to be effective in schools, the environment needs to be conducive to learning, allowing the pupils space and time to interact within the learning and teaching process....

Three experiments examined whether the design of virtual learning environments influences undergraduates’ enrollment intentions and anticipated success in introductory computer science courses. Changing the design of a virtual classroom – from one that conveys current computer science stereotypes to one that does not – significantly increased women’s interest and anticipated success in computer...

Emerging research from the learning sciences and human-computer interaction supports the premise that learning is effective when it is embodied, collaborative, and multimodal. In response, we have developed a mixed-reality environment called the Situated Multimedia Arts Learning Laboratory (SMALLab). SMALLab enables multiple students to interact with one another and digitally mediated elements ...

Abstract The concept of “space as the third teacher” suggests that learning environment is important teacher in process. A constructivist pedagogical paradigm requires student-centered processes and learners to be autonomous active. Therefore, more stakeholders policy makers interested school innovation put buildings environments at top their agendas. Organisation for Economic Co-operation Deve...

Associations between classroom ventilation and pupils’ performance were investigated in primary schools in the United Kingdom. The concentration of carbon dioxide and other parameters were monitored for three weeks in two selected classrooms in each school. A direct air supply system through the windows was used to alter the ventilation rates in the classrooms. The system was set either to prov...

The present paper focuses on bridging the gap between inside and outside classroom learning experiences. We present Moles and Mini Moles, a learning software tools system specifically designed to serve this purpose. Secondary school students use these tools for hypothesizing, gathering, and transferring information learned within the classroom and testing their knowledge and recording their exp...