Virtual worlds: A new environment for constructionist learning

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Highlights:

• The first study to examine the theoretical alignment of constructionism and virtual worlds in practice.

• Show how perceived educational affordances of virtual worlds transform constructionist learning, providing new opportunities.

• Insights into how learners engage in meaningful artefact construction in virtual worlds.

• Identifies avatars and the designed space as important factors.

摘要

•The first study to examine the theoretical alignment of constructionism and virtual worlds in practice.•Show how perceived educational affordances of virtual worlds transform constructionist learning, providing new opportunities.•Insights into how learners engage in meaningful artefact construction in virtual worlds.•Identifies avatars and the designed space as important factors.

论文关键词:Constructionism,Virtual worlds,Pedagogy,Constructionist theory,Avatars,Learning,Turtle,Scratch,3D

论文评审过程:Received 13 May 2018, Revised 11 January 2019, Accepted 17 March 2019, Available online 18 March 2019, Version of Record 11 July 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.03.017