Virtual Learning Pathway vs Textbook Reading
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This document discusses using virtual worlds for education. It describes a virtual learning path used to teach European Literary History compared to traditional textbook reading. Students in two Finnish high schools could choose either option. Exam results showed students who took the virtual path performed better and remembered the material longer. The document also demonstrates collaborative learning techniques like using colored hats in the virtual world to apply the jigsaw method. Teachers found these virtual world activities worked as well or better than traditional classroom methods.
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- 1. Learning by doing and by experience in a virtual world Demo session by Esko Lius 1. Virtual learning path 2. Collaborative learning
- 2. Virtual learning path vs. Textbook reading European Literary History virtual pathway Compared learning in two secondary high schools Students could choose: • virtual pathway • ordinary textbook
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- 10. Learning outcome Exam results, two secondary high schools in Finland, term 2010 SL Tb SL Tb course final exam 5 weeks later
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- 13. ApplicaBon of the jigsaw learning method (iniFally E. Aronson 1971)
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- 16. Thank you! Esko Lius -‐ iSL Esko Levee esko.lius@omnia.fi Presentation online: tiny.cc/iED-LIUS Thinking hats freely available iSL!