Using 3D virtual environments for educational purposes is becoming attractive because of their rich presentation and interaction capabilities. Furthermore, dynamically adapting the 3D virtual environment to the personal preferences, prior knowledge, skills and competence, learning goals, and the personal or (social) context in which the learning takes place becomes interesting, as there is a bu...

In this paper, a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is used to overcome difficulties identified from the student and professors perspective when participating in an Object Oriented Programming (OOP) class. A Blended Learning strategy is used for the students to self-evaluate their concepts and skills gained in class, and from there, perform on-line activities to improve or solve theoretical or ...

This paper presents preliminary results of a mobile virtual learning environment (VLE) usage study conducted at a United Kingdom (UK) distance education institution. A total of 207 undergraduate students participated in the study over a period of 6 months. Study participants were recruited through email invitation. An online survey was conducted to gather both quantitative and qualitative data ...

In recent years, Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) (also known as Learning Management Systems) have become pervasive in Higher Education. In addition, the explosion in social software and Web 2.0 technologies raises learners’ expectations of flexibility and personalisation, and highlights the rigidity and limitations of the VLE. Recognition of these limitations has given rise to the evolution...

This paper presents a case study of developing and implementing methods to capture, code and comprehend reciprocal social interactions in a three-dimensional virtual learning environment (3D VLE). The environment, iSocial, is being developed to help youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) develop social competencies. The approach to identifying, classifying and coding behavior in the 3D VLE ...

BACKGROUND We introduced a series of computer-supported workshops in our undergraduate statistics courses, in the hope that it would help students to gain a deeper understanding of statistical concepts. This raised questions about the appropriate design of the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in which such an approach had to be implemented. Therefore, we investigated two competing software de...

This paper highlights the multi-agent learning virtual environment and agent's communication algorithms. The researcher proposed three algorithms required software agent’s interaction in virtual learning information system environment. The first proposed algorithm is agents interaction localization algorithm, the second one is the dynamic agents distribution algorithm (load distribution algorit...

The paper provides an overview of the elaboration, testing and improvement of Movelex, a complex virtual learning environment (VLE) supporting the establishment of self-regulated learning and shared knowledge building space in the classroom. The development and continuous improvement of the software has the aim to form communities of practice of teachers and students to co-operate with software...

This chapter attempts to address the need for more research on virtual team effectiveness and outlines an ecological theoretical framework that is applicable to virtual learning environments (VLE). Prior empirical studies on virtual team effectiveness used frameworks of traditional team effectiveness and mainly followed Hackman's normative model (input-process-output). We propose an ecological ...

Using Internet and WWW to support teaching or learning has become a trend in modern higher education. However, most distant-learning or virtuallearning sites are still limited to the dissemination of teaching materials. Neither the strengths of Internet and WWW have been maximized nor the functions have been fully utilized, for instance, supporting autonomous, exploratory, interactive and colla...