Title :
Immersion Adoption: Design Principles for Self-Guided Learning in Virtual Learning Environments
Author :
Peters, Matthew R. ; Rosson, Mary Beth
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
Abstract :
Virtual learning environments, or VLEs, can offer a number of unique affordances for learning computational concepts. This paper offers three design principles for VLEs: adoption safety, immersion identity, and constructability; as well as a discussion of their implementation in one potential VLE: Second Life.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; virtual reality; computational concept learning; immersion adoption; self-guided learning; virtual learning; Computational Intelligence Society; Computer aided instruction; Computer languages; Context modeling; Educational institutions; Information science; Mathematics; Natural languages; Safety; Second Life; collaboration; virtual teams;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2008. ICALT '08. Eighth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santander, Cantabria
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3167-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2008.318
