Engineering active learning in a 3D virtual world

• Project/Area Number: 15K01080
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Future University-Hakodate
• Principal Investigator: Vallance Michael 公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 教授 (00423781)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: virtual reality / education / learning / science / virtual / active learning / 3D / 学習環境

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The students have been engaged in a multitude of cognitive processes: recalling prior knowledge in their programming; classifying subject-specific issues; applying designs and implementations; analyzing problems and forming constructive solutions. They were working in the anti-disciplinary space.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Researching Declarative, Procedural, and Meta-Cognitive Knowledge through Active Learning in Disaster-Themed 3D Virtual Worlds. (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M.
  • Journal Title: International Journal on Innovations in Online Education Volume: 1,1 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-11
  • DOI: 10.1615/intjinnovonlineedu.v1.i1.130
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Who needs experts? Students designing a Synthetic Learning Environment of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M., Kurashige, Y., Sasaki, T. & Magaki, T.
  • Journal Title: EdMedia 2017 Volume: 1 Pages: 1223-1228
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Development of a Synthetic Learning Environment in the Antidisciplinary Space. (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M., Kurashige, Y., Sasaki, T. & Magaki, T.
  • Journal Title: ECGBL 2017, The FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science, Graz, Austria Volume: 1 Pages: 705-714
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Mapping Curricular Ecologies. (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance M., Sannomiya Y. & Nelson M.E.
  • Journal Title: Learning Technology for Education Challenges. Volume: 734 Pages: 159-170
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Japanese History Explorer (2017)
  • Author(s): Sasaki, T., Vallance, M., Magaki, T., Naito, N., Sumi, K., Bagenda Kasujja, D. and Tsubakimoto, M.
  • Journal Title: ECGBL 2017, The FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Science, Graz, Austria Volume: 1 Pages: 562-570
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Pedagogic transformation, student-directed design and computational thinking (2016)
  • Author(s): Michael Vallance & Phillip A. Towndrow
  • Journal Title: Pedagogies: An International Journal Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Pages: 218-234
  • DOI: 10.1080/1554480x.2016.1182437
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Researching Declarative, Procedural, and Meta-Cognitive Knowledge through Active Learning in Disaster-Themed 3D Virtual Worlds. (2016)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M.
  • Journal Title: International Journal on Innovations in Online Education Volume: 1 Pages: 1-15
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Advancing Computational Thinking and Knowledge Development in a 3D Virtual Simulation. (2016)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M.
  • Journal Title: IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology Volume: 18(2) Pages: 18-21
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Establishing Meta-Learning Metrics When Programming Mindstorms EV3 Robots (2016)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M.
  • Journal Title: Learning Technology for Education in Cloud Volume: 5 Pages: 274-288
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] A situation that we had never imagined: post-Fukushima virtual collaborations for determining robot task metrics. (2015)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M., Martin, S. and Naamani, C.
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Learning Technology Volume: 10 Pages: 30-49
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Engineering Active Learning in 3D Virtual Worlds (2015)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M., Ibayashi, K. and Goto, Y.
  • Journal Title: Communications in Computer and Information Science Volume: 533 Pages: 268-282
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22629-3_22
  • ISBN: 9783319226286, 9783319226293
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Learning by TKF to promote computational participation in Japanese education. (2015)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M. & Goto, Y.
  • Journal Title: World Engineering Education Forum. Volume: 43 Pages: 1-10
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Post-Fukushima 3D Virtual Collaboration and Communication for Active Learning. (2015)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M. & Ibayashi, K.
  • Journal Title: European Immersive Education Summit Volume: 5 Pages: 90-102
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Development of a Synthetic Learning Environment in the Antidisciplinary Space. (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M., Kurashige, Y., Sasaki, T. & Magaki, T.
  • Organizer: 11th European Conference on Game-Based Learning ECGBL 2017
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Who needs experts? Students designing a Synthetic Learning Environment of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M., Kurashige, Y., Sasaki, T. & Magaki, T.
  • Organizer: EdMedia 2017, Washington , USA
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Japanese History Explorer (2017)
  • Author(s): Sasaki, T., Vallance, M., Magaki, T., Naito, N., Sumi, K., Bagenda Kasujja, D. and Tsubakimoto, M.
  • Organizer: 11th European Conference on Game-Based Learning ECGBL 2017
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Establishing Meta-Learning Metrics When Programming Mindstorms EV3 Robots. (2016)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M.
  • Organizer: 5th International Workshop, LTEC 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Hagen University, Germany
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Game de Education: Games in Education Project Learning (2016)
  • Author(s): 井上陽介 土橋佳祐 山香俊也 今田侑那 佐々木智弘 坂本直優 田中大也 佐々木理子 青柳誠也 武元晴輝 阿保達也 今本浩貴 内藤直人 曲木拓郎 平山直哉 椿本弥生 高村博之 マイケル ヴァランス ドミニク バゲンダ
  • Organizer: Information Processing Hokkaido Symposium 2016
  • Place of Presentation: Kushiro, Hokkaido
• [Presentation] Global Virtual Team Collaboration Utilizing a 3D Virtual Environment. (2015)
  • Author(s): Wallace, P. & Vallance, M.
  • Organizer: Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom, IAFOR
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-04-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] Bridging Transboundary Spaces through Making. In Landscapes of Participatory Making, Modding and Hacking (2017)
  • Author(s): Vallance, M. Editor: Kenneth Y T Lim
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • ISBN: 1443850667
• [Remarks] Robot Mediated Interactions
  • URL: http://www.mvallance.net/index.html
• [Remarks] Robot Mediated Interaction
  • URL: http://www.mvallance.net