DocumentCode
2964291
Title
Visualizing Learner Activities with a Virtual Learning Environment: Experiences from an In Situ Test with Primary School Children
Author
Eskildsen, Søren ; Rodil, Kasper ; Rehm, Matthias
Author_Institution
Dept. of Archit., Design, & Media Technol., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
fYear
2012
fDate
4-6 July 2012
Firstpage
660
Lastpage
661
Abstract
This paper presents how to gain insights into children´s navigation of an interactive virtual learning environment and how that would benefit their educators. A prototype for logging user information as quantifiable data has been developed and deployed in an in-situ evaluation of the system. The system collects a hidden corpus of data, which is visualized in order to assess if and how the interaction with the system reflects on the learning gains of the individual learners.
Keywords
computer aided instruction; data visualisation; graphical user interfaces; virtual reality; in-situ evaluation; information visualization; interactive virtual learning environment; learner activity visualization; learning gains; user information logging; Animals; Data visualization; Educational institutions; Media; Navigation; Prototypes; Trajectory; in-situ evaluation; information visualization; virtual learning environment;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1642-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICALT.2012.120
Filename
6268205
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