Research Article
An Innovative Educational Format Based on a Mixed Reality Environment: A Case Study and Benefit Evaluation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-13293-8_12, author={Alessandro Fiore and Luca Mainetti and Roberto Vergallo}, title={An Innovative Educational Format Based on a Mixed Reality Environment: A Case Study and Benefit Evaluation}, proceedings={E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training. First International Conference, eLEOT 2014, Bethesda, MD, USA, September 18-20, 2014, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={ELEOT}, year={2014}, month={12}, keywords={Mixed reality Collaborative Virtual Environment M-learning Features Extraction QR-Codes}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-13293-8_12} }- Alessandro Fiore
Luca Mainetti
Roberto Vergallo
Year: 2014
An Innovative Educational Format Based on a Mixed Reality Environment: A Case Study and Benefit Evaluation
ELEOT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-13293-8_12
Abstract
We are in the midst of an information revolution, in which emerging technologies are creating new products and services that are redefining many aspects of our lives. The introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the educational context has allowed leading researchers and practitioners to find new ways of performing learning processes. It is evident that students are naturally attracted by activities that incorporate technology. In this work we propose an innovative competition-based educational format, known as “TIWE Linguistico,” that exploits a Mixed Reality (MR) environment in order to encourage the learning of English as a foreign language. The “TIWE Linguistico” has been used experimentally in an Italian high school and the benefits obtained have been validated by exploiting the FEE (Features Extractions) method.