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Collaborative Work on 3D Educational Content A part of the study was dedicated to finding a way for analysing student constructions. It was proposed that 3D educational visualizations can be described and analysed along two dimensions: types of content and visual shells. The results of the first stage of the theoretical study on 3D content and visualization means are presented in Paper 4 of this thesis. Next, in the autumn semester 2010, the second empirical study on educational visualizations was conducted. By that time, the environment of the NTNU virtual campus was improved and the first prototype of Creative Virtual Workshop was developed. Students from the Cooperation Technology course at NTNU were working on visualizing research projects. Collected data were used for analysing the possibilities of the 3D CVE technology for educational visualizations and for presenting research projects in particular. Another portion of feedback was received on the Creative Virtual Workshop, which was partly implemented as a prototype. During this study, a new framework was developed and evaluated. It was called Virtual Research Arena and designed for creating awareness about educational and research activities, promoting cross-fertilization between different environments, and engaging the general public. Both the study and the new framework are presented in Paper 6 of this thesis. The third empirical study on educational visualizations was conducted in the autumn semester 2011. By the time of this study, the environment of the NTNU virtual campus was improved again and the prototype of Creative Virtual Workshop was improved. Students from the Cooperation Technology course at NTNU were working on visualizing major course concepts. Collected data were used for analysing the possibilities of the 3D CVE technology for educational visualizations and for creativity support. Additional feedback was received on the Creative Virtual Workshop. In the time of writing the thesis, the results of the study were not fully analysed. However, the details of the study are presented in Paper 9 of this thesis. During the second and third empirical studies on educational visualizations, the theoretical study on 3D content and visualization means had been continued. The second stage of the study was dedicated to the development of a methodology for educational visualizations in 3D CVEs. In addition, a characterisation framework Typology of 3D Content and Visualization Means was developed. Both the methodology and the framework are presented in Paper 7 of this thesis. 3.4.2 Studies on the design of tools and environments in 3D CVEs The topic of design of tools and environments in 3D CVEs embraces almost all the studies presented in this thesis. Over time, the scope was narrowed down to the design of an educational virtual city, which might include a virtual campus, and the design of tools for collaborative work on 3D content, which can be conducted within such an environment (Figure 4). 32
Research Context and Design Theoretical studies Virtual campus Virtual campus and virtual city P2 Universcity P5 CVW and Virtual campus (I and II) P3 Empirical studies Educational Virtual city P1 Educational visualization (I and II) P9 Educational visualization (III) Topic 1 Collaborative work on 3D content Topic 2 Tools and environments Topic 3 Learning communities P1 … P9 Related papers Figure 4: Studies on the design of tools and environments in 3D CVEs Theoretical propositions were outlined in the beginning of the research work. Later, a framework Creative Virtual Workshop was developed based on these propositions, literature study, and results of previous research work. The framework described a toolset for conducting various activities in the context of a virtual campus. The proposal of the framework was described in Paper 10, which is not included in this work. However, it determined the major questions that are discussed in the thesis, such as the use of 3D CVEs for education, socialization, cultural development, and entertainment. The first study conducted within presented research work was theoretical. Using data from previous research at NTNU, a framework Virtual Campus as a Place for Educational and Social Activities was developed. The results of the study were published in Paper 11, which is not included in this work. Although the framework itself is not a part of this thesis, it was extensively used in the research. This framework was improved based on the results of the empirical studies used for development of the Virtual Campus of NTNU, and later in other theoretical studies. Next, in the autumn semester 2008, the first empirical study was conducted. It was an exploratory case study aimed at observing users’ activities and behaviour in a virtual city context and investigating how such a city can facilitate learning and socializing, also in a cross-cultural context. The study was conducted within the Cooperation Technology course at NTNU, using the environment of VCYO. Based on the results of the study, a list of recommendations for a virtual city as a place for social and educational activities was derived and presented in Paper 1 of this thesis. In addition, the results of the study contributed to the development of VCYO project. 33
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