Team Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: Editorial to the Special Issue

Boughzala, Imed; Vreede, Gert-Jan de; Limayem, Moez

doi:10.17705/1jais.00313

Cited by 57 publications

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“…Boughzala et al 2012) and is regularly cited as one reason for exploring virtual worlds for educational purposes. A sense of presence suggests that the user feels that they are represented in the space and that others can see that representation of the user.…”

Section: Sense Of Presencementioning

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What is a virtual world? Definition and classification

Girvan

2018

Education Tech Research Dev

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In 2008, articles by Bell and Schroeder provided an initial platform from which to develop a coherent definition of the term 'virtual worlds'. Yet over the past ten years, there has been little development of the term. Instead there is confusion in the literature, with the introduction of new terms which are at times used to classify the type of virtual world and at others are used synonymously with the term. At the same time there has been a resurgence of interest in the potential of virtual reality which further muddies the conceptual waters. While the lack of a clear and common understanding of a term is not uncommon, there are implications for researchers and practitioners. To address these issues, this paper presents a new framework for the definition of virtual worlds, arguing what it is for a world to be virtual, the user experience that is a necessary part of this and the technical features which afford this. For the first time the relationships between commonly confused terms and technologies are identified to provide a much needed conceptual clarity for researchers and educators.

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Section: Sense Of Presencementioning

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What is a virtual world? Definition and classification

Girvan

2018

Education Tech Research Dev

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“…More precisely, the educational aspect of SGs is one of their greatest assets since they are promoting and opening new horizons for active learning [30]. They have a set of potential benefits such as improved self-monitoring, problem recognition and solving, decision-making, better short-and long-term memory, and increased social skills such as collaboration, negotiation, and shared decision-making ( [6] [10] [26] [31]). …”

Section: Serious Gamesmentioning

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A Field Application to Vet a Serious Game toward Learning Objectives

Boughzala

2015

2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The selection of the most suitable SG with regard to a given learning objective seems to be less well addressed in the literature. This paper reports on the application a new Characterizing and Assessing Serious Games Grid (CASGG) in the higher education field with 41 graduate students to assess their learning performance according to one leaning objective using a specific SG. The tested SG was StarBank the Game and the learning goal was to understand the principal mechanisms of banking. The findings revealed that there is no difference in terms of learning performance between students who have used the SG and those who have only followed the theoretical course. With reference to learning satisfaction, the first category of students expressed much more enthusiasm and motivation for learning. Using the SG was for them more enjoyable and engaging. The game play succeeded in capturing their attention, challenging their curiosity and enhancing their interest in the theoretical knowledge.

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“…Virtual visualizations have entered the 3D era (Boughzala et al, 2012). External graphical representations of the space -maps -are often transformed into interactive virtual 3D versions with respect to the specific content to be displayed and as such they can be dynamically modified, updated and customized.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Levan (2004) defines cooperation (or collaboration) as a social activity that uses the knowledge, skills and efforts of a few individuals to achieve group goals, which could not be achieved by individuals working alone. The development of IT technologies instigated the possibilities of virtual collaboration (Boughzala et al, 2012). 3D virtual maps or other models of geographical space can represent the metaverses, where more operators are allowed to cooperate (collaborate) when solving specific task regardless to their physical presence (Davis et al, 2009).…”

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Cognitive Aspects of Collaboration in 3d Virtual Environments

Juřík¹,

Heřman²,

Kubíček³

et al. 2016

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:Human-computer interaction has entered the 3D era. The most important models representing spatial information -maps -are transferred into 3D versions regarding the specific content to be displayed. Virtual worlds (VW) become promising area of interest because of possibility to dynamically modify content and multi-user cooperation when solving tasks regardless to physical presence. They can be used for sharing and elaborating information via virtual images or avatars. Attractiveness of VWs is emphasized also by possibility to measure operators' actions and complex strategies. Collaboration in 3D environments is the crucial issue in many areas where the visualizations are important for the group cooperation. Within the specific 3D user interface the operators' ability to manipulate the displayed content is explored regarding such phenomena as situation awareness, cognitive workload and human error. For such purpose, the VWs offer a great number of tools for measuring the operators' responses as recording virtual movement or spots of interest in the visual field. Study focuses on the methodological issues of measuring the usability of 3D VWs and comparing them with the existing principles of 2D maps. We explore operators' strategies to reach and interpret information regarding the specific type of visualization and different level of immersion.

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Team Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: Editorial to the Special Issue

Cited by 57 publications

References 61 publications

What is a virtual world? Definition and classification

What is a virtual world? Definition and classification

A Field Application to Vet a Serious Game toward Learning Objectives

Cognitive Aspects of Collaboration in 3d Virtual Environments

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