“NICE: Combining Constructionism and Collaboration in a Virtual Learning Environment” by Roussos, Johnson, Leigh and Vasilakis
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- NICE: Combining Constructionism and Collaboration in a Virtual Learning Environment
Session/Category Title: VR in K-12 Education
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The NICE project is an immersive participatory learning environment for young users. Its underlying theoretical framework combines constructionist educational theory with ideas that emphasize the importance of collaborative learning and narrative development. The main activity in NICE is to construct, cultivate, and preserve a healthy virtual garden. Using a lightweight hand-held device for interaction, children plant vegetables, exchange plants with other virtual participants, climb over objects, and change their size. An important goal of NICE is to study the effectiveness of a virtual environment as a conceptual learning and evaluation medium.
