Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling
The uptake of information and communication technologies in the classrooms is a key trend over the past years and decades. Teachers are using Moodle courses, e-Portfolios, Google Docs, perhaps learning games or virtual worlds such as OpenSim for educational purposes. A second trend pushes towards a...
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2014-06-01
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| author | Michael D. Kickmeier-Rust Susan Bull Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart |
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| description | The uptake of information and communication technologies in the classrooms is a key trend over the past years and decades. Teachers are using Moodle courses, e-Portfolios, Google Docs, perhaps learning games or virtual worlds such as OpenSim for educational purposes. A second trend pushes towards a formatively inspired assessment and feedback, often combined with attempts of educational data mining and learning analytics. In this paper we present a role model for teaching English as a second language using OpenSim and a tool that enables teachers to perform real-time learning analytics and direct formative feedback and interventions in the virtual learning session. Also we present an approach to aggregate and store the learning information into open learner models. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc8a1644526347eb97ce86beafc273582022-12-22T01:52:12ZengSerious Games SocietyInternational Journal of Serious Games2384-87662014-06-011210.17083/ijsg.v1i2.58Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner ModelingMichael D. Kickmeier-Rust0Susan Bull1Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart2Graz University of TechnologyUniversity of BirminghamTalkademyThe uptake of information and communication technologies in the classrooms is a key trend over the past years and decades. Teachers are using Moodle courses, e-Portfolios, Google Docs, perhaps learning games or virtual worlds such as OpenSim for educational purposes. A second trend pushes towards a formatively inspired assessment and feedback, often combined with attempts of educational data mining and learning analytics. In this paper we present a role model for teaching English as a second language using OpenSim and a tool that enables teachers to perform real-time learning analytics and direct formative feedback and interventions in the virtual learning session. Also we present an approach to aggregate and store the learning information into open learner models.http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/5Learning AnalyticsCompetence-based Knowledge Space TheoryOpen Learner ModelsVirtual WorldsOpenSim |
| spellingShingle | Michael D. Kickmeier-Rust Susan Bull Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling International Journal of Serious Games Learning Analytics Competence-based Knowledge Space Theory Open Learner Models Virtual Worlds OpenSim |
| title | Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling |
| title_full | Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling |
| title_fullStr | Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling |
| title_short | Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling |
| title_sort | collaborative language learning in immersive virtual worlds competence based formative feedback and open learner modeling |
| topic | Learning Analytics Competence-based Knowledge Space Theory Open Learner Models Virtual Worlds OpenSim |
| url | http://journal.seriousgamessociety.org/index.php/IJSG/article/view/5 |
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