Interaction in Situated Learning Does Not Imply Immersion - Virtual Worlds Help to Engage Learners without Immersing Them

Athanasios Christopoulos, Marc Conrad, Aslan Kanamgotov

2017

Abstract

Immersion is a central theme when using virtual worlds; the feeling of ‘being there’ is generally considered a positive attribute of virtual worlds, in particular when these are used for recreation. However, within educational context it may be debatable how far immersion can be expected or is even desirable: if we want students to be reflective and critical on their assignment task, wouldn’t it be more important for them to have a critical distance, rather than being immersed? In this paper, we approach this question by examining and discussing how interactions, learner engagement and immersion are linked together when a virtual world is being used in a Hybrid Virtual Learning scenario. Findings from our experiment seem to suggest that even though this learning approach aids positively the educational process, high levels of immersion do not occur. Nevertheless, more research in that direction is highly recommended to be undertaken.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Christopoulos A., Conrad M. and Kanamgotov A. (2017). Interaction in Situated Learning Does Not Imply Immersion - Virtual Worlds Help to Engage Learners without Immersing Them . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-239-4, pages 323-330. DOI: 10.5220/0006316203230330

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu17,
author={Athanasios Christopoulos and Marc Conrad and Aslan Kanamgotov},
title={Interaction in Situated Learning Does Not Imply Immersion - Virtual Worlds Help to Engage Learners without Immersing Them },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2017},
pages={323-330},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006316203230330},
isbn={978-989-758-239-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Interaction in Situated Learning Does Not Imply Immersion - Virtual Worlds Help to Engage Learners without Immersing Them
SN - 978-989-758-239-4
AU - Christopoulos A.
AU - Conrad M.
AU - Kanamgotov A.
PY - 2017
SP - 323
EP - 330
DO - 10.5220/0006316203230330