Special Issue on "Overcoming the Technological Hurdles Facing Virtual Worlds in Education: The Road to Widespread Deployment"

Guest Editor(s): Leonel Morgado, Baltasar Fernández Manjón and Christian Gütl

Guest Editorial: Overcoming the Technological Hurdles Facing Virtual Worlds in Education: The Road to Widespread Deployment

Leonel Morgado, Baltasar Fernández Manjón and Christian Gütl

Barriers and Enablers to the Use of Virtual Worlds in Higher Education: An Exploration of Educator Perceptions, Attitudes and Experiences

Sue Gregory, Sheila Scutter, Lisa Jacka, Marcus McDonald, Helen Farley, Chris Newman

Coming Down to Earth: Helping Teachers Use 3D Virtual Worlds in Across-Spaces Learning Situations

Juan A. Muñoz-Cristóbal, Luis P. Prieto, Juan I. Asensio-Pérez, Alejandra Martínez-Monés, Iván M. Jorrín-Abellán, Yannis Dimitriadis

Toward Educational Virtual Worlds: Should Identity Federation Be a Concern?

Gonçalo Cruz, António Costa, Paulo Martins, Ramiro Gonçalves, João Barroso

Technical Problems Experienced in the Transformation of Virtual Worlds into an Education Environment and Coping Strategies

Murat Coban, Turkan Karakus, Fatma Gunay, Yuksel Goktas

Distributed Pervasive Worlds: The Case of Exergames

Teemu H. Laine, Carolina Islas Sedano

What is the Relationship between Technology and Mathematics Teaching Anxiety?

Enver Tatar, Yılmaz Zengin, Türkan Berrin Kağızmanlı

Validating the Learning Cycle Models of Business Simulation Games via Student Perceived Gains in Skills and Knowledge

Yu-Hui Tao, C. Rosa Yeh, Kung Chin Hung

A Learning Cycle Approach to Developing Educational Computer Game for Improving Students' Learning and Awareness in Electric Energy Consumption and Conservation

Ugyen Dorji, Patcharin Panjaburee, Niwat Srisawasdi

The Impact of Digital Mobile Devices in Higher Education

M.ª Luisa Sevillano-García, Esteban Vázquez-Cano

Aptitude-Treatment Interactions during Creativity Training in E-Learning: How Meaning-Making, Self-Regulation, and Knowledge Management Influence Creativity

Yu-chu Yeh, Chun Fu Lin

Development and Use of an Adaptive Learning Environment to Research Online Study Behaviour

Anna Helga Jonsdottir, Audbjorg Jakobsdottir, Gunnar Stefansson

Integrating Learning Services in the Cloud: An Approach that Benefits Both Systems and Learning

Gustavo Gutiérrez-Carreón, Thanasis Daradoumis, Josep Jorba

Exploring the Profiles and Interplays of Pre-service and In-service Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in China

Yan Dong, Ching Sing Chai, Guo-Yuan Sang, Joyce Hwee Ling Koh, Chin-Chung Tsai

Blending Face-to-Face Higher Education with Web-Based Lectures: Comparing Different Didactical Application Scenarios

Hannelore Montrieux, Sandra Vangestel, Annelies Raes, Paul Matthys, Tammy Schellens

A Pilot Meta-Analysis of Computer-Based Scaffolding in STEM Education

Brian R. Belland, Andrew E. Walker, Megan Whitney Olsen, Heather Leary

A Two-Tier Test-based Approach to Improving Students' Computer-Programming Skills in a Web-Based Learning Environment

Tzu-Chi Yang, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Stephen J. H. Yang, Gwo-Haur Hwang

The Exploration of Elementary School Teachers' Internet Self-Efficacy and Information Commitments: A Study in Taiwan

Ying-Tien Wu, Li-Jen Wang

Social Presence and Interaction in Learning Environments: The Effect on Student Success

Ines Kožuh, Zoran Jeremić, Andrej Sarjaš, Julija Lapuh Bele, Vladan Devedžić, Matjaž Debevc

Exploring the Relationship between Sanctioned and Unsanctioned Laptop Use in a 1:1 Classroom

Martin Tallvid, Johan Lundin, Lars Svensson, Berner Lindström

The Effectiveness of Adopting E-Readers to Facilitate EFL Students' Process-Based Academic Writing

Hui-Chun Hung, Shelley Shwu-Ching Young

Effects of Worked Examples Using Manipulatives on Fifth Graders' Learning Performance and Attitude toward Mathematics

Chun-Yi Lee, Ming-Jang Chen

Learning Faults Detection by AIS Techniques in CSCL Environments

Amina Zedadra, Yacine Lafifi

Role of Parents and Annotation Sharing in Children's Learning Behavior and Achievement using E-Readers

Wu-Yuin Hwang, Yi-Fan Liu, Hon-Ren Chen, Jian-Wun Huang, Jin-Yi Li

Mobile Enhanced Learning in a South African Context

Mmaki Jantjies, Mike Joy

Measuring Knowledge Elaboration Based on a Computer-Assisted Knowledge Map Analytical Approach to Collaborative Learning

Lanqin Zheng, Ronghuai Huang, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Kaicheng Yang

Does Gender Influence Emotions Resulting from Positive Applause Feedback in Self-Assessment Testing? Evidence from Neuroscience

Chia-Ju Liu, Chin-Fei Huang, Ming-Chi Liu, Yu-Cheng Chien, Chia-Hung Lai, Yueh-Min Huang