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Using virtual reality to construct knowledge
Downey, S.
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL;
This paper appears in: Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998. FIE '98. 28th Annual
11/04/1998
-11/07/1998, 4-7 Nov 1998
Location: Tempe, AZ
, USA
On page(s): 392 vol.1-
Volume: 1,
4-7 Nov 1998
References Cited: 0
Number of Pages: 3 vol. (xlviii+xxvii+1368)
INSPEC Accession Number: 6220288
Abstract:
The application of virtual reality technologies in the students'
knowledge construction process, however, may provide learners with a
tool for representing multiple perspectives of a domain as well as the
interrelationships of concepts within that domain as they change from
perspective to perspective. To determine if this potential exists, this
work-in-progress attempts to assess the viability of virtual reality
markup language (VRML) as an innovative, educational tool for creating
knowledge maps for use in the learning process. More precisely, this
study seeks to determine if and how students' development of
three-dimensional concept maps using VRML influences their learning and
integration of multiple perspectives in ill and well-structured domains.
In the process, the study attempts to prove/disprove several hypotheses
Index Terms:
computer aided instruction
knowledge engineering
virtual reality languages
concepts interrelationships
educational tool
ill-structured domains
knowledge construction
knowledge maps creation
learning process
multiple perspectives
students knowledge construction process
three-dimensional concept maps
virtual reality
virtual reality markup language
well-structured domains
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