Immersive Education: Designing for Learning (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031181375)

Introduction - Chapter One: Current Trends in Immersive Learning Design for K-12 and Higher Education

- The introduction will outline what immersive education is and discuss the current trends in terms of how it is being taking up pedagogically in K-12 and higher education.

Section One:

- Introduces the section by providing an overview of designing immersive learning experiences and environments to meet specific educational goals and learning objectives within K-12 educational contexts. Each chapter is then introduced. The chapter titles are:

Chapter Two: Designing Augmented Reality (AR) Learning Environments to Engage Learning and Curiosity about Science

Chapter Three: A Postdigital Examination of AR and VR in the Classroom

Chapter Four: Psychopedagogy by Design: How to Induce an Emotional State Beneficial to Learning in Virtual Reality

Chapter Five: Immersive Intercultural Language Learning at the Crossroads of Virtual Realityand Game-based Learning

Chapter Six: See it and be it: Designing Immersive Experiences to Build STEM Skills and Identity

in Grades 3 - 10

Section Two:

- Introduces the section by providing an overview of designing immersive learning experiences and environments to meet specific educational goals and learning objectives. Higher education is the main focus of all five chapters. The first two chapters provide information on frameworks that can be applied to both K-12 and higher education contexts. The last three chapters provide illustrative examples in higher education. Each chapter is then introduced. The chapter titles are:

Chapter Seven: Levels of Immersive Teaching and Learning: Influences of Challenges in the Everyday Classroom

Chapter Eight: The XR ABC Framework: Fostering Immersive Learning through Augmented and Virtual Realities

Chapter Nine: From Abstract to Concreate: How Immersive Technology Allows More Effective Teaching of Complex Paradigms

Chapter Ten: Teaching the Teachers with Immersive Technology: Preparing the Next Generation of Educators at Ithaca College

Chapter Eleven: Teachers Designing Immersive Learning Experiences for Environmental and Sustainability Education

Section Three:

- Introduces the section by providing an overview of teachers and students as the designers of immersive learning experiences and environments. Each chapter is then introduced. The chapter titles are:

Chapter Twelve: Teachers Facilitating Student Virtual Reality Content Creation: Conceptual, Curricular, and Pedagogical Insights from the VR School Study

Chapter Thirteen: PEGS: Pretraining, Exploration, Goal Orientation, and Segmentation to Manage Cognitive Load in Immersive Environments

Chapter Fourteen: Interactive Storytelling through Immersive Design

Chapter Fifteen: A Classroom Model for VR Integration and Creative Lesson Design

Conclusion - Chapter Sixteen: A Vision for the Future of Immersive Education: Designing for Learning Challenges and Possibilities

- The conclusion summarizes the book's major themes, looking toward future needs for designing immersive learning in meaningful ways aligned with K-12 and higher education goals, values, and curricular outcomes. The final chapter offers a mindful call to action for a new dawn of immersive

Author: Paula MacDowell
ISBN-10: 3031181379
ISBN-13: 9783031181375
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 01/03/2023
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d