Factors Affecting Development of Communities in 3D Immersive Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	McClannon, Terry; Sanders, Robert; Cheney, Amy; Bolt, Les; Terry, Krista
Titel	Factors Affecting Development of Communities in 3D Immersive Learning Environments
Quelle	In: International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 4 (2013) 3, S.18-34, Artikel 2 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-8518
DOI	10.4018/jvple.2013070102
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Virtual Classrooms; Communities of Practice; Performance Factors; Graduate Students; Online Courses; Student Attitudes; Sense of Community; Inquiry; Predictor Variables; Student Surveys; Time Factors (Learning); Student Participation; Learner Engagement; Discriminant Analysis; Correlation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Community; Leistungsindikator; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Online course; Online-Kurs; Schülerverhalten; Prädiktor; Schülerbefragung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Diskriminanzanalyse; Korrelation
Abstract	This study is based on survey research conducted in 2010 and 2011, involving graduate students using a 3D immersive environment for their coursework. Investigators examined students' perceptions of community and presence via coursework offered in the immersive world. Utilizing the Sense of Community II index and the Communities of Inquiry survey, variables examined include students' time within their graduate programs, time spent in the 3D environment, and their levels of immersion, as well as the relationship between the two instruments. Analysis showed significant results for each of the research questions for both instruments. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2018/2/04