V-Learning: How Gaming and Avatars Are Engaging Online Students

Autor/inn/en	Annetta, Len; Klesath, Marta; Holmes, Shawn
Titel	V-Learning: How Gaming and Avatars Are Engaging Online Students
Quelle	In: Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 4 (2008) 3, (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1552-3233
Schlagwörter	Learning Experience; Computer Simulation; Virtual Classrooms; Classroom Environment; Games; Learner Engagement; Personality Traits; Correlation; Educational Technology; Internet; Computer Uses in Education; Computer Mediated Communication; Computer Software; Web Sites; College Students; Distance Education; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernerfahrung; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Korrelation; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Computerkonferenz; Web-Design; Collegestudent; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht
Abstract	Len Annetta, Marta Klesath, and Shawn Holmes describe how avatars in virtual learning environments (VLEs) can contribute to the learning experience by giving students a sense of social presence and investment in the learning community that may otherwise be difficult to access. VLEs have the potential to become the next generation of instructional tools for online learning. By allowing students to simulate the campus experience online, VLEs offer rich, flexible class environments without compromising their reach to diverse students desiring online courses. Describing studies carried out in the "WolfDen" VLE, Annetta, Klesath, and Holmes examine how gaming and avatars are engaging online students and the role personality may play in a student's selection of an avatars. (Contains 3 exhibits and 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Fischler School of Education and Human Services. Nova Southeastern University, 1750 NE 167th Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162. Tel: 800-986-3223; e-mail: innovate@nova.edu; Web site: http://innovateonline.info
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10