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Title: Studying Shared Regulation in Immersive Learning Environments
We examined the regulation of shared problem solving in a museum exhibit. We found that we had to augment our dialogue codes to properly embrace the dynamic nature of the observed learning regulation. These changes reflect aspects of shared regulation that occur when learning takes place (1) in an immersive open-ended learning environment, where (2) learners work together in large groups. We present preliminary results, arguing that designers and researchers may benefit from recognizing how planning and evaluation acts can be tactically embedded in immersive learning environments.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1822864
PAR ID:
10290703
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2021
Page Range / eLocation ID:
291-292
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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