Immersive Education Designing for Learning

This book focuses on designing and being a designer of immersive education. It introduces readers to the human experiences within immersive learning environments and contributes research evidence on the effectiveness of immersive technologies in K-12 and post-secondary contexts. Through the chapters, illustrative contextual examples and vignettes demonstrate immersive learning in real-world educational practice. Readers will be equipped to design engaging and culturally relevant immersive experiences for learning in a post-COVID world.

 
1.Introduction.- Section One.- 2.Designing Augmented Reality (AR) Learning Environments to Engage Learning and Curiosity about Science.- 3. A Postdigital Examination of AR and VR in the Classroom.- 4.Psychopedagogy by Design: How to Induce an Emotional State Beneficial to Learning in Virtual Reality?.- 5.Immersive Intercultural Language Learning at the Crossroads of Virtual Reality and Game-based Learning.- 6. See it and be it: Designing Immersive Experiences to Build STEM Skills and Identity in Grades 3 – 10.- Section2.- 7.Levels of Immersive Teaching and Learning: Influences of Challenges in the Everyday Classroom.- 8. The XR ABC Framework: Fostering Immersive Learning through Augmented and Virtual Realities.- 9.From Abstract to Concreate: How Immersive Technology Allows More Effective Teaching of Complex Paradigms.- 10. Teaching the Teachers with Immersive Technology: Preparing the Next Generation of Educators at IthacaCollege.- 11.Teachers Designing Immersive Learning Experiences for Environmental and Sustainability Education.- Section 3.- 12. Teachers Facilitating Student Virtual Reality Content Creation: Conceptual, Curricular, and Pedagogical Insights from the VR School Study.- 13. PEGS: Pretraining, Exploration, Goal Orientation, and Segmentation to Manage Cognitive Load in Immersive Environments.- 14. Interactive Storytelling through Immersive Design.- 15.A Classroom Model for VR Integration and Creative Lesson Design.- 16. A Vision for the Future of Immersive Education: Designing for Learning Challenges and Possibilities.- Index.