TY - BOOK T1 - Distributed Learning Ecosystems. Concepts, Resources, and Repositories Y1 - 2023 A1 - Otto, Daniel A1 - Scharnberg, Gianna A1 - Michael Kerres A1 - Zawacki-Richter, Olaf KW - evaluation KW - OER KW - open education PB - Springer Nature CY - Berlin ER - TY - Generic T1 - An Academic Conference In Virtual Reality? – Evaluation Of A SocialVR Conference T2 - 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2021) Y1 - 2021 A1 - Miriam Mulders A1 - Raphael Zender KW - academic conference KW - AltspaceVR KW - evaluation KW - social presence KW - SocialVR KW - virtual reality AB -

One of the first academic conferences in head-mounted display (HMD)-based Social Virtual Reality (SocialVR) was realized. The conference aims to support knowledge acquisition and informal exchange regarding the technology SocialVR itself and the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies (VR/AR) in vocational education. The paper presents results of an explorative study of 75 conference participants. Results indicate that SocialVR is generally suited to host an academic conference. In some areas, it seems inferior or equivalent to other digital formats or face-to-face events. In other areas, it offers added value. Further research is needed to take advantage of these positive effects.

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Economou, D., Peña-Rios, A., Dengel, A., Doods, H., Mentzelopoulos, M., Klippel, A., Erenli, K., Lee, M. J. W. & Richter, J. (Eds.) (2021). Proceedings of 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN), Online, May 17 -June 10, 2021. Immersive Learning Research Network. ISBN 978-1-7348995-2-8/21

JF - 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2021) CY - virtual SN - 978-1-73489-952-8 UR - https://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2021/ilrn-2021-proceeedings/ ER -