place metaphors in educational cves
DESCRIPTION
Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs. Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland Department of Computer and Information Science Norwegian University of Science and Technology [email protected]. Motivation. A wide range of 3D educational environments - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs
Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland
Department of Computer and Information Science
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
![Page 2: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2
Motivation
A wide range of 3D educational environments
Great diversity in place metaphors used: from replicas of real universities to other planets or abstract constructions
![Page 3: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3
CVEs and learning communities
Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) can support learning communities by– Supporting community building– Supporting communication– Supporting information sharing– Providing alternative space structure
![Page 4: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4
Characterization of CVEs
Inspired by Activity theory
Activities are performed by learners
Activities are mediated by artifacts
Learners and artifacts are contained in places
![Page 5: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5
Place Outlook
– how a place ”looks like”, – e.g. a campus, a village or a palace
Structure– mutual relations between different parts of the
environment, e.g. mutual position of rooms and buildings and teleportation links between places
– visualizes social structures and power relations Role
– places serving specific purposes– meeting and working place, information space etc
![Page 6: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6
Artifact
Outlook– the way it looks like– e.g. a table, a flower, a link to a document, a sign
Structure– “visible” connections between parts– “invisible” links such as teleportation and functional
links Role
– decorative, link to resources, symbolic etc– correspondent functionality
![Page 7: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7
Learner
Outlook– choice of avatar (child, tutor, alien etc)– body language (waving, dancing)
Structure– learner’s place in the social structure/network– connections between nick, created artifacts and traces
left Role
– teacher, student, moderator, depending on context– supported by corresponding functionalities
![Page 8: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8
Existing classification of place metaphors in educational CVEs
Resemblance of physical place:
– Buildings and campuses– Frontiers
Virtual places for specific purposes:
– Meeting places– Information spaces– Virtual stages– Demonstrations and
exhibitions– Workplaces
![Page 9: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9
Extended characterization Resemblance of physical place, outlook
Resembling concrete, real places (e.g. university)
Only ”looking” real (e.g. virtual houses without direct counterpart in real world)
Abstract (abstract constructions, defying physical laws etc)
Frontiers (extending virtual “land”)
![Page 10: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
![Page 11: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
11
Extended characterizationResemblance of physical place, structure
Rigid/free Structure generation method (e.g. automatic,
by agents, manually by users etc) Defining factors (e.g. social structure,
structure of the course) Structure components (e.g. “visible” walls,
bridges and roads, “invisible” links etc)
![Page 12: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
![Page 13: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
13
Extended characterizationRole
Creator/originator of the place – Teacher, students or agents
Purpose/goal of the place– Socializing vs. working– Demonstration of art vs. scientific concepts– Roleplaying vs. stage design– Presenting course materials vs. student projects
Design elements/facilities to meet the goal– Appropriate outlook/structure elements for the goal– Templates/tools for storing/retrieving multimedia elements – Visualizations, simulations, interactive elements etc
![Page 14: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
![Page 15: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
15
Viras
A 3D world for supporting social awareness in a learning community
Based on Archipelago metaphor
– Islands connected by bridges– Provides an informal atmosphere– Allows flexible place structuring – Recreates the way communities
and groups are created
Learners create/modify places and artifacts, expressing their personality and activities
![Page 16: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16
Ongoing and future work
Using the characterization as a framework for examination of the place metaphors used in educational CVEs
Identifying connection between the metaphor features, the underlying goals and success factors
Refining the characterization framework In-depth case studies
– Exploration of potentialities and limitations of information space metaphor in 3D world vs. 2D
– Other metaphors, e.g. “real-place resemblance” metaphor
![Page 17: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
17
Construction of common information space in 3D vs. 2D
Constructing FAQ in CSCW course in Course Forum and Active Worlds
Advantages & disadvantages
How the effectiveness and user-friendliness of 3D CVE can be improved
![Page 18: Place Metaphors in Educational CVEs](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022062315/56815223550346895dc06a42/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
18