Collaborative Language Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds: Competence-based Formative Feedback and Open Learner Modeling

Autor: Michael D. Kickmeier-Rust, Susan Bull, Gerhilde Meissl-Egghart
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: International Journal of Serious Games, Vol 1, Iss 2 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2384-8766
DOI: 10.17083/ijsg.v1i2.5
Popis: 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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