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Assessment in Immersive Virtual Environments : Cases for Learning, of Learning, and as Learning Code, Jillianne; Zap, Nick

Abstract

The key to education reform lies in exploring alternative forms of assessment. Alternative performance assessments provide a more valid measure than multiple-choice tests of students’ conceptual understanding and higher-level skills such as problem solving and inquiry. Advances in game-based and virtual environment technologies are creating new possibilities for learning and assessment. One such possibility is through the use of immersive 3D technologies that aim to situate students in an environment that promotes problem solving and inquiry and sets the context for assessment. This paper describes three on-going research projects that are using immersive 3D virtual environments as a platform in which to enable the summative, self-, and formative assessments of student learning.

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Title
Assessment in Immersive Virtual Environments : Cases for Learning, of Learning, and as Learning
Creator
Code, Jillianne; Zap, Nick
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Date Issued
2017
Description
The key to education reform lies in exploring alternative forms of assessment. Alternative performance assessments provide a more valid measure than multiple-choice tests of students’ conceptual understanding and higher-level skills such as problem solving and inquiry. Advances in game-based and virtual environment technologies are creating new possibilities for learning and assessment. One such possibility is through the use of immersive 3D technologies that aim to situate students in an environment that promotes problem solving and inquiry and sets the context for assessment. This paper describes three on-going research projects that are using immersive 3D virtual environments as a platform in which to enable the summative, self-, and formative assessments of student learning.
Subject
Virtual environments; Formative assessment; Immersive learning; Learning analytics
Genre
Article; Preprint
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-02-24
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0406650
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80877
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Non UBC; Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
Citation
Code, J. & Zap, N. (2017). Assessment in Immersive Virtual Environments: Cases for Learning, of Learning, and as Learning. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 28(3), 235-248. Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Copyright Holder
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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