The Experience of Embodied Space in Virtual Worlds

Performing embodied identity in virtual worlds

Received: 25 January 2011 Revised: 3 August 2011 2nd Revision: 14 April 2012 3rd Revision: 24 July 2012 Accepted: 12 November 2012 Abstract Embodied identity, that is, who we are as a result of our interactions with the world around us with and through our bodies, is increasingly challenged in online environments where identity performances are seemingly untethered from the user’s body that is ...

the survey of the virtual higher education in iran and the ways of its development and improvement

این پژوهش با هدف "بررسی وضعیت موجود آموزش عالی مجازی در ایران و راههای توسعه و ارتقای آن " و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و پیمایشی صورت پذیرفته است. بررسی اسنادو مدارک موجود در زمینه آموزش مجازی نشان داد تعداد دانشجویان و مقاطع تحصیلی و رشته محل های دوره های الکترونیکی چندان مطلوب نبوده و از نظر کیفی نیز وضعیت شاخص خدمات آموزشی اساتید و وضعیت شبکه اینترنت در محیط آموزش مجازی نامطلوب است.

Learners’ Experience of Presence in Virtual Worlds

or imagine things, which would make it harder to accept what they consider an 'imaginary' space.” This echoes Heeter’s description of immersive tendencies, i.e. propensity to engage belief in a virtual world (1995; 200). Blue student F also suggested that participants need to be resilient to some of the negative experiences that may occur. “I would say the biggest thing for anybody who wants to...

Task-Oriented Collaboration with Embodied Agents in 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 ...