Title : 
Design of a multilinguistic Problem Based Learning learning environment in the metaverse
         
        
            Author : 
Nakahira, Katsuko T. ; Rodrigo, N.R. ; Taguchi, Ryosuke ; Kanematsu, Hidekatsu ; Fukumural, Yoshimi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Nagaoka Univ. of Technol., Nagaoka, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
There is a growing interest in teaching people to acquire a global perspective. For this purpose, educational institutions are encouraging intercultural exchanges, such as short-term overseas study programs and internships. However, such programs are so expensive that students cannot take them easily. In this paper, we have built a multilinguistic learning environment in cyber-space. We have designed a learning environment that is optimal for Problem Based Learning (PBL). PBL allows intensive exchanges. Unlike ordinary PBL, this environment enables students to learn in a group consisting of students with diverse senses of value. Students can develop a new sense of value through exchanges with people with different cultural backgrounds, and the teacher can cultivate new perspectives in training students with diverse cultural backgrounds.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer aided instruction; cultural aspects; natural language interfaces; teaching; cyber space; diverse cultural background; educational institution; intercultural exchange; internship; learning environment; metaverse; multilinguistic problem based learning; teaching; Buildings;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Aware Computing (ISAC), 2010 2nd International Symposium on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Tainan
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-8313-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISAC.2010.5670497