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Kartiko, Iwan; Kavakli, Manolya; Cheng, Ken – Computers & Education, 2010
As the technology in computer graphics advances, Animated-Virtual Actors (AVAs) in Virtual Reality (VR) applications become increasingly rich and complex. Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML) suggests that complex visual materials could hinder novice learners from attending to the lesson properly. On the other hand, previous studies have…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Cartoons, Psychology
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Chou, Shih-Wei; Min, Hui-Tzu – Computers & Education, 2009
This study examines an alternative function of information sharing--social construction of meaning. Drawing on social construction, social interaction, and task closure theories, we explored the influence of both the media environment in which students are situated and the medium that group members choose to communicate with one another on the…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Virtual Classrooms
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Unlusoy, Asli; de Haan, Mariette; Leseman, Paul M.; van Kruistum, Claudia – Computers & Education, 2010
The present study examined the out-of-school literacy activities of 70 students in 7th grade of prevocational training schools in the Netherlands. Guttmann's Facet Theory was applied to study literacy as a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. With the increasing influence of digital technologies, the facet design approach was found especially suited…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Grade 7