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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Virtual learning environments"”.
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Service oriented computing for dynamic virtual learning environments
Using the Internet for teaching and learning has become a trend in modern higher education, facilitated through the exploitation of advanced computing technologies. Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) applications support online learning over the Internet, and VLEs have thus emerged as e-learning …
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Flexible virtual learning environments: a schema-driven approach using sematic web concepts
… the personalized development and management of e-learning Web services and applications. The main value of this method is that it provides high-powered individualization in pedagogy for students and staff.Here, the thesis mainly studied three problems in meeting the practical requirements of users …
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A structurational approach to the use of virtual learning environments in multicultural contexts
A gap in the E-learning literature suggests that attempts to realize research into the design of learning technologies that are conducive to user modification and that support a global set of learners, are still fraught with numerous problems directly relating to the dichotomous view of “culture”, …
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An Investigation into the Influence of Learning Styles and other Factors Affecting Students’ Perception of Virtual Learning Environments
… perceptions of students to adopt and use Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) as a tool in complementing and supplementing face-to-face learning, this research combined two theoretical models: Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), one of the more popular acceptance models, and Learning Style …
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Análise da utilização de ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem no processo de treinamento e desenvolvimento de pessoas, em uma empresa pública
… comprehensive, and so organizations have adopted virtual environments as a tool to support the development of their employees. This study aims to analyze the perception the of employees of Infraero - Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária, the Brazilian airport infrastructure public …
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From surviving to thriving and from equity to excellence : cultivating responsive practices, personalized approaches and adaptive platforms for online graduate multilingual learners
… there is an urgent need to ensure these virtual learning environments effectively serve linguistically diverse students. Through semi-structured interviews with five multilingual graduate students and seven faculty members at "Southern Institution's" online Master of Arts in Teaching …
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Evolving e-learning : Contributions and evaluations of the learning blend for higher education
… on the introduction, use and effectiveness of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), learning resource supports and experiences of applying these as blended learning supports for modules and programmes in universities. The author's five selected papers, which span seven years, address these …
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Building note-taking tools to support learning in virtual reality
With the advent of virtual reality (VR) technology, education and learning applications are able to leverage the fully immersive medium to create more hands-on, sophisticated, and engaging interactions. Alongside efforts to build virtual learning environments, note-taking can be reimagined in a …
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Examining the effects of embodiment on performance and learning of drilling actions using pseudo-haptics and standard computer equipment
Psychomotor skills training within virtual learning environments are limited due to the need for expensive haptic devices to simulate haptic cues. While pseudo-haptics presents an accessible and cost-effective alternative to haptic devices, no empirical data support the notion of coupling it with …
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Understanding player activity in a game-based virtual learning environment
… study examines player activity in a game-based virtual learning environment as a means toward evaluating instructional and game design. By determining the goals embedded in project development and the availability and structure of in-game activities, the first part of this research highlights …
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The Impact of Co-presence and Visual Elements in 3D VLEs on Interpersonal Emotional Connection in Telecollaboration
… of the usefulness of the visual elements in 3D Virtual Learning Environments, which represent co-presence, in developing interpersonal emotional connections with their partners in the initial stage of telecollaboration. To fulfill the purpose, two Japanese students and two American students were …
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The Comparative Study On The Effects Of Virtual Reality In The Application Of Case-Based Learning Approach While Studying The Human Heart
… While past research has focused on using virtual learning environments to teach anatomical structures of the human body, there has been limited research on how to teach clinical anatomy by using cases while using Virtual Reality (VR) technology. This quantitative research study aimed to …
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Belonging and becoming: exploring communities of practice for novice teachers in an online teacher preparation program
… feelings of isolation often associated with virtual learning environments and offer meaningful spaces for collaborative inquiry, reflection, and support for new teachers. Implications for the design of online teacher preparation programs are discussed, with particular attention to the …
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The development of design guidelines for educational programming environments
… methods of teaching programming and students’ learning styles as reasons behind this trend. In addition to the choice of the first programming language taught. With the popularity of virtual learning environments and online courses, several instructors are incorporating these e-learning tools …
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Constructing a Politics of Knowledge in the Age of the Internet
… cyberinfrastructures for the e-sciences and virtual learning environments as systems of cultural reproduction. These alternatives privilege constructions of science understood as creative, social, and processual following the findings of actor-network theory and the theories of Deleuze and …
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Principals' Perception of Social Emotional Learning in High Achieving High Schools
… their role in providing social emotional learning (SEL) support for all students in high-achieving schools (HAS) in both in-person and virtual learning environments. Using a phenomenological research design, principals from high achieving schools were interviewed to identify their …
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Context-aware Personal Learning Environment
Research is now shifting away from Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and towards the use of the Personal Learning Environment (PLE). A review of a number of PLE architectures are presented in the literature, and while they convey well the concept of a PLE, nevertheless they could best be …
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Visualisation of Interactions in Online Collaborative Learning Environments
… recent years has focused on the introduction of ‘Virtual Learning Environments’ (VLE’s) to universities, documenting practice and sharing experience. Communicative tools are the means by which VLE’s have the potential to transform learning with computers from being passive and transmissive in …
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Transforming Traditional Practices Of Teacher Preparation To Meet Changing Needs Of Digital Learners: A First Step Intervention By Assessing And Addressing Needs Of Pre-Service Teachers In A Dual Learning Environment
… of the traditional classroom to include virtual learning environments, concern still exists regarding characteristics necessary for quality teaching and learning.</p><p> This research is an examination of pre-service teachers' needs relevant to integrating technology in an online learning …
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