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Student Designed Virtual Teacher Feedback
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering, 2017Interactive virtual learning environments (VLEs) have significant potential to influence students' learning achievements. Characters in these VLEs can act as a virtual peers and teachers by providing empathic responses tailored to the affective state of the students.
Hedieh Ranjbartabar +1 more
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Virtual Student Collaboration: Connecting Student Health Professionals
2019This pilot study aimed to provide students with a learning activity to develop a global perspective of health care. Senior nursing students from New Zealand and the United Kingdom (n=15) were allocated to eNetwork small-groups. Students met weekly for one month via audio/video-conferencing for discussions.
Michelle Honey, Kim Young, Hazel Cowls
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The Virtual Laboratory for Student Understanding of Biophysics
National Academy Science Letters, 2016In this paper two computer programs i.e. Spectrosimulator and RACsimulator are proposed as examples of virtual laboratories in two branches of physics, spectroscopy and ionizing radiation. The study aims to explore the possibilities, limitations and the advantages and disadvantages of these virtual laboratories. The most important finding obtained from
Karolina Jezierska +3 more
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Collaboration platforms for virtual student communities
36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the, 2003Since its inception, the Internet has served as a virtual meeting place for people sharing common interests. These electronically supported interest groups are called virtual communities. Networked computers are used to support direct communication and indirect information exchange, and to provide awareness and matchmaking services.
Petra Schubert, Michael Koch 0001
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Virtual Environments for Enriching Student Learning
2012 Fourth International Conference on Knowledge and Systems Engineering, 2012Higher Education faces a revolutionary opportunity for change created by the confluence of pressures from economic and societal changes along with opportunities for new modes of education offered by the advancement and widespread availability of Information and Communication Technology.
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The effect of virtual achievements on student engagement
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013Badge-based achievement systems are being used increasingly to drive user participation and engagement across a variety of platforms and contexts. Despite positive anecdotal reports, there is currently little empirical evidence to support their efficacy in particular domains.
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Enhancing Student Support with a Virtual Assistant
2016Effective student support can be seen as a key element in enhancing students’ learning experience and has the potential to improve retention, progression and student achievement. The purpose of this research was to investigate student responses to the idea of using an avatar-based virtual support system and to develop such a system for piloting in a ...
Pirkko H. Harvey +3 more
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2004
Nowadays the amount of information available on the Internet is immense and so the importance and quality of that information is questioned. Even though the amounts of available information are vast, sometimes the information useful for a specific purpose are limited.
Tojo, Gonçalo +4 more
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Nowadays the amount of information available on the Internet is immense and so the importance and quality of that information is questioned. Even though the amounts of available information are vast, sometimes the information useful for a specific purpose are limited.
Tojo, Gonçalo +4 more
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Student Perceptions of Virtual Education
2011Over the years instructors and administrators have worked together to provide education to students in academic institutions. The role of the participants in this educational system were well-defined. Instructors and administrators were responsible for the dissemination of knowledge and the methodology used was simple: the instructor transferred the ...
Anil Kumar +2 more
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