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Marvin Mergen; Lisa Will; Norbert Graf; Marcel Meyerheim – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Despite growing interest in the inclusion of virtual reality (VR) in medical education, its full potential for immersive and interactive training remains underutilized, particularly in dermatology. As part of a multidisciplinary project, we tested the feasibility of integrating a VR training scenario for a complete skin cancer screening into the…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Cancer, Feasibility Studies
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Turan, Zeynep; Gürol, Ayse; Uslu, Seval – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of augmented reality (AR) technology on the achievements, self-efficacy beliefs and views of paramedic students in electrocardiography education. In the study, mixed methods including quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The sample of the study included a total of 71 first-year…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Technology Integration, Multimedia Materials, Allied Health Occupations Education
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McPherson, Rebekah; Tyler-Wood, Tandra; McEnturff Ellison, Amber; Peak, Pamela – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2011
This study at a large midwestern university evaluated the use of a web-based simulated classroom, simSchool, with pre-service and in-service special education students, to determine if use of the simulated classroom influences students' perceptions of inclusion and teacher preparation. The project used a nonequivalent comparison group,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Inclusion, Special Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Behrend, Tara S.; Thompson, Lori Foster – International Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Animated agents have the potential to increase engagement and learning during online training by acting as personalized tutors. However, little is known about the conditions that make these agents most effective. In this study, 183 e-learners completed a Microsoft Excel training course. Approximately half were assigned an agent with predetermined…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Self Efficacy, Learner Controlled Instruction, Feedback (Response)
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Morse, Shona – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to give a critical assessment of a study designed to investigate the potential of a new method for teaching HRD students about performance appraisal. It is argued that this approach is in the vanguard of developments in IT and learning. Design/methodology/approach: The paper takes the form of an explorative study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Personnel Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Ensslin, Astrid; Slocombe, Will – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2012
This study reports on the pedagogic rationale, didactic design and implications of an AHRC-funded doctoral training scheme in collaborative and digital multimedia in the humanities. In the second part of this article we discuss three areas of provision that were identified as particularly significant and/or controversial. These include (1) desktop…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Desktop Publishing, Humanities, Multimedia Materials
Lainema, Timo; Lainema, Kirsi – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2008
The turbulent business environment requires business expertise from ever-larger personnel groups. The required business know-how is a combination of knowledge and several different skills, and it should provide the learners with an overall view of the functioning of a business organization as a whole. Moreover, while work is increasingly becoming…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Cooperation, Learning Strategies, Student Attitudes
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Whitehill, Betty V.; McDonald, Barbara A. – Simulation & Gaming, 1993
Describes a study that investigated the effect of motivational variables on task persistence and performance in Navy technical training by giving students problems in a self-paced computer simulation game or drill with variable or fixed payoff points. Student responses to an evaluation questionnaire are discussed. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games, Computer Simulation
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Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2011
For the thirty-fourth year, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, FL. A limited quantity of these Proceedings were printed and sold in both hardcopy and electronic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research and Development, Educational Technology, Conference Papers