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Jingying Chen; Junlin Hu; Kun Zhang; Xiao Zeng; Yuhao Ma; Wenrui Lu; Kai Zhang; Guangshuai Wang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Virtual reality (VR) technology has shown great potential on intervention of social skills for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This review aimed to review the application of VR in current social skills intervention targeting autistic children and evaluate its effect. After searching and screening three databases, we found 20 papers…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Pusey, Megan; Wong, Kok Wai; Rappa, Natasha Anne – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
This scoping review summarises the literature on resilience interventions that use interactive technology. Resilience refers to a person's mental ability to adaptively deal with challenging situations and is a key skill for dealing with challenges in life. Types of interactive technology used in resilience interventions included serious video…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Intervention, Interaction, Technology Uses in Education
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Dishon, Gideon; Kafai, Yasmin B. – Interactive Learning Environments, 2022
Rising political polarization and the spread of disinformation have highlighted the need to re-assess and broaden existing approaches to civic education. Though video games have been presented as tools that could capitalize on youth's interest-driven engagement with technology to support situated modes of civic learning, their actual contributions…
Descriptors: Video Games, Citizenship Education, Civics, Role
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Fussell, Stephanie G.; Truong, Dothang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Virtual reality (VR) is the latest type of technology being developed and rapidly integrated into training environments. This study investigated students' intentions to use VR for training. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was expanded to include two factors that are relevant to using VR in a dynamic learning environment. A survey of 310…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Aviation Education, Technology Uses in Education, Student Attitudes
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Lu, Andrew; Chan, Sandra; Cai, Yiyu; Huang, Lihui; Nay, Zin Tun; Goei, Sui Lin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder with different levels of severity. Although the exact causes of ASD is not yet known, nor is there a medical cure for ASD to date, special facilities and schools have been established to help individuals coping better and becoming more independent. With the advancement in Virtual Reality…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Simulated Environment, Educational Technology
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Garneli, Varvara; Chorianopoulos, Konstantinos – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Various aspects of computational thinking (CT) could be supported by educational contexts such as simulations and video-games construction. In this field study, potential differences in student motivation and learning were empirically examined through students' code. For this purpose, we performed a teaching intervention that took place over five…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Liu, Chiung-Lin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study used OpenTTD, a video game that supports in-depth experiential learning, to evaluate undergraduate students' opinions regarding supply chain and logistics management learning. The 101 undergraduate participants were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. From the post-test questionnaires, the analytical results…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Questionnaires