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    Co-presence in the real and the virtual space: interactions through orientation

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    Authors
    Christopoulos, Athanasios
    Conrad, Marc
    Shukla, Mitul
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Issue Date
    2017-08-03
    Subjects
    engagement
    orientation
    virtual learning
    OpenSimulator
    interactions
    induction
    virtual world
    H674 Virtual Reality Engineering
    
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    Computers Supported Education. CSEDU 2016
    Abstract
    The global aim of this research is to identify, map, and form a taxonomy of the ways, the elements, and the factors that affect learner engagement with virtual worlds when Hybrid Virtual Learning models are used. Thereafter, the more specific objective of the research is to provide clear guidance to educators who are already utilising or are planning to embed this learning model in their educational agenda. For the examination of this topic, a quanti-qualitative research approach is used, as this allows to investigate the subject both from the students’ and the instructional designer’s point of view. The sample of this study consists of both undergraduate and postgraduate university students. Participants are requested to fill in two different questionnaires, one before using the virtual world and one after completing their assignment. That way it is possible not only to fully mirror their thoughts, preconceptions, and opinions towards the use of virtual worlds in Higher Education, but also the impact that the instructional designer’s choices have on enhancing the opportunities for interactions. In addition, a focus group is being observed – both in the physical classroom and in the virtual world – during the course of the assignment. The focus of this experiment was on the impact that the orientation/induction process has on learner engagement. The findings suggest that students’ interactions with the content of the virtual world, and the in-class student-to-student interactions, have stronger impact on student engagement. This is because students’ simultaneous co-exis-tence in both environments eliminated the drawbacks of each educational approach, and broadened the network of interactions.
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    Christopoulos A., Conrad M., Shukla M. (2017) 'Co-presence in the real and the virtual space: interactions through orientation', in Costagliola G., Uhomoibhi J., Zvacek S., McLaren B. (ed(s).). Computers Supported Education. CSEDU 2016, edn, : Springer Verlag pp.-.
    Publisher
    Springer Verlag
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623256
    DOI
    10.1007/978-3-319-63184-4_5
    Additional Links
    https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-63184-4_5
    Type
    Book chapter
    Language
    en
    ISBN
    9783319631837
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1007/978-3-319-63184-4_5
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