A Pilot Study on Virtual Interactive Student-Oriented Learning Environment

Author

Junjie Shang ; Jong, Morris S. Y. ; Fong Lok Lee ; Lee, J.H.M.

Author_Institution

Centre for the Advancement of Inf. Technol. in Educ., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 March 2007

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

72

Abstract

To make full use of the power of the Web, a new game-based situated learning paradigm - VISOLE (virtual interactive student-oriented learning environment) for Web-based teaching and learning was proposed, aiming to help students learn from near real-life experiences and social constructions of knowledge. To explore and validate its educational values, we conducted a pilot study in Hong Kong from March 2006 to May 2006. A combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods was employed for data collection and analysis. Findings showed that VISOLE could really arouse students´ learning motivation, facilitate their knowledge acquisition, and improve their problem-solving skills and other high-order skills. In addition, students and teachers were quite positive towards the use of VISOLE although some helpful suggestions were raised.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; computer games; interactive systems; teaching; Web-based learning; Web-based teaching; World Wide Web; educational values; game-based situated learning; high-order skills; knowledge acquisition; learning motivation; problem-solving skills; virtual interactive student-oriented learning environment; Collaboration; Conferences; Data analysis; Education; Educational technology; Information technology; Internet; Knowledge acquisition; Learning systems; Problem-solving;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning, 2007. DIGITEL '07. The First IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Jhongli City

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2801-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DIGITEL.2007.6

Filename

4148833