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Collaborative Work on 3D Educational Content While a considerable amount of research has been done on the sociology of virtual communities and virtual worlds, the body of knowledge on educational studies in virtual worlds is still at a relatively early stage (Campbell & Jones, 2008) in (Leong, Joseph, & Boulay, 2010). There are also many other challenges in using 3D CVEs for learning, such as steep learning curve and demand for computational and network resources, but they are not in the main focus of this thesis. Addressing them was not possible due to the research context constraints or time limitations. 20
3 Research Context and Design This chapter first discusses how the research questions were formed out of the challenges, presented in the previous section. Then, the chapter describes an extended context of the research work presented in the thesis, including R&D projects and external partners. Next, the general research approach is presented, including information on the studies conducted and methods used. In addition, the chapter discusses relations between the research questions, studies, and contributions. The chapter is concluded by a presentation of the research process. 3.1 Extended Research Context The research work presented in this thesis was conducted in the context of several projects. The work was both influenced by the following projects and contributed to them. • Virtual City of Yoshkar-Ola (VCYO) VCYO is a research project led by the Multimedia Laboratory at the Mari State Technical University, Russia. The project has an open prototype – a multiuser 3D virtual environment representing the central part of the real city in exact manner. The project aims at supporting and exploring local social networks based on a virtual city as a natural environment for communication and as a subject of common interest for citizens (http://virtyola.ru/). This PhD work includes a study conducted using VCYO, involving NTNU students and international participants. • Travel in Europe (TiE) TiE is a joint European project led by ELIOS Research Group, University of Genova, Italy in cooperation with Program for learning with ICT (LIKT), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and other organizations. TiE is a virtual world where young people and the curious can enjoy challenging and engaging travels through European heritage. The main objective of the project is to implement innovative means to promote and divulgate heritage to European people (http://www.tieproject.eu/). Experience from the development of the TiE Trondheim environment and project findings were used in this PhD work. 21
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projects (Hawkey, 2004). As emphasi
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prospective students and so on. In
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3.1 Visual Shells By visual shell i
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2.2 Settings of the case studies an
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CSCL at Work Collaborative Virtual
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Design In this sub-section, we pres
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spring 2012. The result of these st
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