PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED IN THE DESIGN OF VIRTUAL WORLDS AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

Although virtual worlds emerged as a socialization environments, they have being used in various areas of education. In these environments, there are several studies focusing on challenges in teaching and learning, however what pedagogical challenges that instructional designers experience during the design in virtual worlds was not elaborated. In this study, the pedagogical challenges faced by designers of virtual worlds in designing the learning-teaching process have been investigated. 15 experts who participated in the virtual world design process have attended. A 30-item questionnaire developed by researchers was used as a data collection tool. The results showed that experts have difficulties especially in monitoring, evaluating, scaffolding and feedback in virtual worlds. Based on the results, how these challenges might be overcome are discussed.

Keywords

• virtual worlds,pedagogical challenges,instructional designer

BİR ÖĞRENME ORTAMI OLARAK SANAL DÜNYALARIN TASARIMINDA KARŞILAŞILAN PEDAGOJİK ZORLUKLAR

Öz

Sanal dünyalar bir sosyalleşme ortamı olarak ortaya çıkmasına rağmen, eğitimde kullanımları da gün geçtikçe yaygınlaşmaktadır. Bu çalışmada sanal dünyalarda tasarım yapan uzmanların öğrenme-öğretme sürecini tasarlarken karşılaştıkları pedagojik zorluklar araştırılmıştır. Sanal dünya tasarım süreçlerinde rol almış 15 uzmanın katıldığı çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen 30 maddelik anket kullanılmıştır.  Sonuçta tasarımcıların özellikle öğrencilere geri bildirim verme, öğrenci davranışlarını takip etme, değerlendirme ve rehberlik etme süreçlerinde zorlandıkları belirlenmiştir. Bu sonuçlar ışığında, belirtilen zorlukların aşılması için neler yapılması gerektiği çalışmada tartışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• sanal dünyalar,pedagojik zorluklar,öğretim tasarımcısı

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