EuroAIED: Virtual reality and virtual learning environments session
1. The "Internet-Based Learning Environments" Session
Session Organizers/Chairs: Paolo Petta, Austrian Research Institute for AI, Austria *
Jenifer Tennison,
University of Nottingham,
England *
Daniel Schneider , University of Geneva , Switzerland.
Session Content:
What new problems and solutions does virtual reality provide for
designers of interactive learning systems? Is VR the inevitable
outcome, or the antithesis, of situated cognition? Is there evidence
that VR can be used effectively to gain conceptual understanding? Is
the real power of VR technology in education the ability to augment
reality? How can we design and implement effective networked systems
to support (1) enhanced educational hypertext, (2) interactive shared
learning environments and (3) human-computer collaboration? In
particular, can we design WWW and MUD-based systems that include
interactive, collaborative and adaptive features; interface and
information agents; tutoring and "learning-by-doing" components?
2. Session Program
- Introduction - "organizing" the theme : Session Organizers
(5 minutes)
- Immersive VR (presentation and short discussion of the two accepted papers)
(25 minutes)
- Discussion (subject to modification!)
- Multi-user virtual environments
Some findings of the Paris conference on WWW and VEs related to education
Coordinator: Daniel Schneider
(15 minutes)
- Integration of (external) Internet sources into VEs
Coordinator: Paolo Petta
(15 minutes)
- The potential of immersive VR for education
E.g. Immersive VR in VEs and the other way round)
Coordinator: Paul Brna
(15 minutes)
- Wrapping up discussion - bringing it together
(e.g. VR vs./and VEs)
(15 minutes)
3. Pre-conference work and discussion
EuroAIED Tree: VR and VLE Session
4. Presented Papers
Constructing Collaborative Stories Within Virtual Learning Landscapes
Maria Roussos, Andrew E. Johnson, Jason Leigh, Christina A. Vasilakis
and Thomas G. Moher
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
What is the value of virtual reality for conceptual learning? Towards a theoretical
framework
Denise Whitelock, Paul Brna and Simon Holland
The Open University and Lancaster University, UK
Information about the conference
"Virtual reality and virtual learning environments" is a Working Session within
the European Conference on AI in Education (EuroAIED), September 30-October 2, 1996
help in Lisbon, Portugal.
EuroAIED is intended to provide an opportunity for researchers to
develop principles for the design of systems to support learning. The
"principles" may be derived from artificial intelligence, cognitive
science, human-computer interaction, and related fields; the "systems"
include tutoring systems, learning environments, simulations,
multimedia systems, WWW-based systems, etc.; and "learning" includes
learning by schoolchildren, university students and industrial
trainees. EuroAIED is intended to fill a gap for European researchers
caused by the major AI-ED conferences being outside Europe from 1993
to at least 1999.
5. Pointers
D.K.S.