Role-Play in Virtual Reality

2021 ◽  
pp. 143-163
Author(s):  
Zhaihuan Dai ◽  
Fengfeng Ke ◽  
Chih-Pu Dai ◽  
Mariya Pachman ◽  
Xin Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Stem Disciplines ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Design Case ◽  
Design And Practice

The affordances of computer-based virtual reality (VR) make it a natural fit for role-play. Although role-play has been commonly used in VR-based learning environments, the discussion of design details and guidelines is limited. In this chapter, the authors present a design case and aim to share their experiences of designing role-play in OpenSimulator-supported VR during a three-year design project for providing teaching training to graduate teaching assistants in STEM disciplines. The design of role-play bridges the technical and pedagogical affordances of VR. The authors discuss the design details from several aspects, including the formulation of role-play, types of role-play, and implementation. The authors also report the success and constraints in implementing role-play. With this design case, the authors intent on sharing the knowledge about the design and practice of VR-based role-play.

Students as Designers of Virtual World Learning Environments

2015 ◽  
pp. 46-65
Author(s):  
Lisa Jacka ◽  
Kate Booth
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Virtual worlds provide pre-service teachers with the opportunity to study teaching and learning in an immersive 3D computer based environment. The pre-service teacher is able to become a designer of learning environments in ways that were previously impossible in a traditional bricks and mortar classroom. The learning environment that pre-service teachers create can, in turn, inform established educators about the usefulness of virtual worlds for education. In the School of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia, pre-service teachers have been given the opportunity to design and build virtual world learning environments. This chapter presents the story of one pre-service teacher and her tutor as they discuss the design of a virtual world learning environment for maths. This particular design project resulted in virtual worlds being integrated across a number of pre-service teacher courses and extended into the K-6 classroom. An overview of these other projects is also presented.

Students as Designers of Virtual World Learning Environments

2018 ◽  
pp. 1697-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Jacka ◽  
Kate Booth
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Of Education ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

Virtual worlds provide pre-service teachers with the opportunity to study teaching and learning in an immersive 3D computer based environment. The pre-service teacher is able to become a designer of learning environments in ways that were previously impossible in a traditional bricks and mortar classroom. The learning environment that pre-service teachers create can, in turn, inform established educators about the usefulness of virtual worlds for education. In the School of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia, pre-service teachers have been given the opportunity to design and build virtual world learning environments. This chapter presents the story of one pre-service teacher and her tutor as they discuss the design of a virtual world learning environment for maths. This particular design project resulted in virtual worlds being integrated across a number of pre-service teacher courses and extended into the K-6 classroom. An overview of these other projects is also presented.

scholarly journals Instructor Attitudes within the SCALE Efficiency Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanny Arvan ◽  
Diane Musumeci
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Graduate Teaching Assistants ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Principal Investigators ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
Asynchronous Learning Environments ◽  
Open Issues

This paper presents the results of interviews with the principal investigators of the current Sloan Center for Asynchronous Learning Environments (SCALE) Efficiency Projects. There are six such projects: Spanish, Microbiology, Economics, Math, Chemistry, and Physics. The paper reviews each project individually, summarizes the results, and then discusses some common lessons learned as well as some still open issues. The paper considers satisfaction both from the perspective of the course director/designer and from the perspective of other instructors and graduate teaching assistants. Theevidence appears to show that all of these groups are satisfied with ALN, relative to the prior situation. Nonetheless, it is not clear whether these results would translate to other high enrollment courses.

Mo1248 Computer Based Virtual Reality Colonoscopy Simulation Improves Patient Based Colonoscopy Performance

2012 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. AB364
Author(s):  
Keith S. Mcintosh ◽  
Nitin V. Khanna ◽  
James C. Gregor
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Computer Based
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