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    How do students 'really' interact with virtual worlds? the influence of proper induction for virtual interactions

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    Authors
    Christopoulos, Athanasios
    Conrad, Marc
    Shukla, Mitul
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Issue Date
    2016-04-24
    Subjects
    interactions
    engagement
    orientation
    virtual learning
    induction
    OpenSimulator
    virtual world
    H674 Virtual Reality Engineering
    
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    Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
    Abstract
    Our ongoing research focuses on the ways that interactions affect learner engagement with a virtual world and, consequently, the educational activities that take place within it when a hybrid learning approach is used. It aims to form a complete taxonomy of the types of interactions that can lead to the development of engaging and interactive learning experiences. In this paper, we examine the impact that the orientation (induction) process has on learner engagement by observing a cohort of postgraduate students while using an OpenSim-based institutionally hosted virtual world. The results of our study highlight that educators and instructors need to plan their in-world learning activities very carefully and with a focus on interactions if engaging activities are what they want to offer their students. Additionally, it seems that student interactions with the content of the virtual world and the in-class student-to-student interactions have stronger impact on student engagement when hybrid methods are used. We confirm and further enhance our hypothesis investigating student feelings and thoughts about the interaction taking place within a virtual world when that is used in higher education.
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    Christopoulos A, Conrad M, Shukla M (2016) 'How do students 'really' interact with virtual worlds? the influence of proper induction for virtual interactions', 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Rome, SciTePress.
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    SciTePress
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/623259
    DOI
    10.5220/0005755700430054
    Additional Links
    http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/Link.aspx?doi=10.5220/0005755700430054
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    Conference papers, meetings and proceedings
    Language
    en
    ISBN
    9789897581793
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.5220/0005755700430054
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