Educational Characteristics of Children's Virtual Worlds

User Experience in Educational Virtual Worlds

Panagiotis Zaharias This paper explores user experience (UX) in educational Virtual Worlds. A two-month user experience evaluation was conducted where 37 learners used an educational Virtual World for a problem-based learning task. Two user experience measurements were performed at two distinct phases so as to assess users’ perceptions of the Virtual World environment over time. Results reveal ...

Learning Analytics Framework for Educational Virtual Worlds

This paper presents a learning analytics framework for 3D educational virtual worlds that focus on discovering learning flows and checking its conformance through process mining techniques. The core of this framework is an Opensim-based virtual world platform, known as OPENET4VE, that is compliant with the IMS Learning Design specification and that has the ability of monitoring and registering ...

The characteristics of 3D Virtual Worlds

3D Virtual Worlds (3D-VWs) provide a richer way of interaction via the Internet than is currently possible. 3D-VWs are computer generated environments, in which a user is represented by an avatar. An avatar allows the user to inhabit and interact with the 3D-VW and the other users. 3D-VWs are used in research, industry, training and entertainment and promises to enrich our interaction and under...

Design principles of educational virtual worlds for preschool children

Toward Educational Virtual Worlds: Should Identity Federation Be a Concern?

3D Virtual Worlds are being used for education and training purposes in a cross-disciplinary way. However, its widespread adoption, particularly in formal learning contexts, is far from being a reality due a broad range of technological challenges. In this reflection paper, our main goal is to argue why and how identity federation should be discussed and adopted as a solution to several barrier...