Title : 
Conditions that Facilitate Transfer of Learning in Virtual Environment
         
        
            Author : 
Bossard, Cyril ; Kermarrec, Gilles
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
LISyC, Eur. Center for Virtual Reality, Plouzane
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The aim of all education is to apply what we learn in different contexts, to recognize and to extend such learning to new situations. Particularly, virtual environments for learning are used to construct competences. Researches in cognitive psychology and education show acquisitions as linked to initial context. It provides a challenge for virtual reality in education or training. This paper discusses how new perspectives in cognitive psychology influence and promote conditions that facilitate transfer of learning by the use of virtual environment
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer aided instruction; psychology; virtual reality; cognitive psychology; education; learning transfer; training; virtual reality; Computer science education; Computer simulation; Employment; Knowledge management; Management training; Mathematics; Problem-solving; Psychology; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Information and Communication Technologies, 2006. ICTTA '06. 2nd
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Damascus
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-9521-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICTTA.2006.1684440