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The effect of an unplugged coding course on primary school students’ improvement in their computational thinking skills

Background Today, computational thinking (CT), which is considered to be a form of literacy, has taken its place in the ICT curriculum of many countries at the K‐12 level. Therefore, there is a need for more evidence with regards to a theoretical and practical understanding of CT skills’ development of K‐12 students. Objectives The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of an unplugged coding course on primary school students’ development of CT skills, differences in their CT skills in terms of socio‐demographics such as gender, computer ownership, daily computer use, and home Internet access, and the relationship

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14 Luglio 2023

Exploring the Potential of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) in Education

The integration of technology into education has revolutionized traditional learning methods and opened new avenues for immersive and interactive experiences. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are two emerging technologies that have gained significant attention in education. This paper will explore the potential of AR and VR in education by examining their applications, benefits, and challenges. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have the potential to revolutionize education. AR augments the real world with digital content, while VR creates immersive virtual environments. These technologies promote engagement, enable experiential learning, and personalize education. AR and VR enable collaboration, accessibility,

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5 Luglio 2023

Tackling Loneliness and Isolation in Older Adults With Virtual Reality: How do We Move Forward?

Current trends in gerontology conceptualize Virtual Reality (VR) as a tool for rehabilitation, lauding its potential for cognitive rehabilitation or as an intervention to reduce cognitive function decline. However, we must take a critical stance and identify not just the potential positive impact, but also how things may go wrong without appropriate guidelines, and the need for careful design around the interaction affordances of the technology. We conducted co-discovery and co-design workshops involving expert stakeholders and older adults (N = 25) over a period of 6 months, involving practical activities including user personas and focus groups to understand the complexities of loneliness and

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3 Luglio 2023

Analysis of learning behaviour in immersive virtual reality

Immersive virtual reality technology has been widely used in teaching and learning scenarios because of its unique visual and interactive experiences that bring learners a sense of immersive reality. However, how to better apply immersive virtual reality technology to learning environments to promote learning effectiveness is a direction that has been studied and explored by many scholars. Although a growing number of studies have concluded that immersive virtual reality technology can enhance learners’ attention in teaching and learning, few studies have directly linked both learning behaviors and attention to investigate the differences in behavioral performance across attention. In this study,

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3 Luglio 2023

Motor deficits in autism differ from that of developmental coordination disorder

Autism spectrum disorders and developmental coordination disorders are both associated with sensorimotor impairments, yet their nature and specificity remain unknown. In order to clearly distinguish the specificity between the two disorders, children with autism spectrum disorder or developmental coordination disorder presenting the same degree of motor impairment, thus homogeneous profiles, were examined in a reach-to-displace paradigm, which allows the integrity of two main aspects of motor control (anticipation/feedforward control and movement correction/feedback control) to be separately interrogated. We manipulated children’s previous knowledge of the weight of the object they were to displace: when known, participants could anticipate the consequences of

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18 Maggio 2023

Virtual reality to manage anxiety in older adults: the FBK study highlights promising results

Exposure of people with cognitive and physical impairment to realistic and natural immersive virtual reality scenarios via a viewer is safe and has an impact on promoting the state of relaxation and positive emotions. This is the general picture that emerged from the survey conducted by researcher Susanna Pardini, from the University of Padua and a doctoral student at the Digital Health and Wellbeing Center at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, titled “Use of Personalized Virtual Environments in People with Cognitive Impairment.” The study, conducted between January and February of this year, involved 23 seniors (of whom 19 women), with an average age of 86.6 years,

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3 Maggio 2023

Increasing the Social Interaction of Autism Child using Virtual Reality Intervention (VRI)

Nowadays there is an increase in number of autisms, a neuro-developmental disorder across the world. The level of autism varies with the symptoms such as inattention, interaction, social communication, repetitive behaviors, irritability and the like. Early recovery of a child from autism is necessary to live in a normal socio-communicable life. To measure the inattention of the autism child by enhancing the visual perception through virtual environment. The proposed Virtual Reality Intervention (VRI) enhances visual perception, learning, and social interaction. The proposed method observes the attention level of the autism child through eye tracking or eye movements who interacts with

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23 Aprile 2023

Effect of TDCS in Children with Autism

The three basic signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) include limited or repetitive interests and activities, poor language and communication, and trouble interacting with others. People with autism have a broken cerebellum-prefrontal brain connection. The functional and anatomical specialization of cortical areas important in motor control, language, and social interaction is hampered by the disruption of specific cerebral-cerebellar networks. Seizures, somatosensory irregularities, sleep issues, and gastrointestinal symptoms are just a few of the ailments that autism is often linked to. Objectives: The goal of this study is to determine the effects of tDCS therapy on children with autism. Methodology: A

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8 Aprile 2023

Implementing Affordable Virtual Reality Interventions for Older Adults in Latin America: A Feasibility Study

Virtual Reality (VR)-based meditation has shown to help reduce, stress, anxiety, sadness, and anger in younger adults. However, this has not been extensively studied in older adults. Furthermore, there are no standard guidelines on how VR mindfulness interventions should be implemented to ensure successful adoption and outcomes in different cultures and languages. The availability of affordable hardware and rapidly growing content that can be freely accessed in the public domain raises the possibility of VR being used globally and in a very broad range of settings, including low and middle-income countries. The goal of this study is to describe and

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6 Marzo 2023

Virtual Reality in Education

This research paper explains what virtual reality is. What are two features driving virtual reality in food, medical, entertainment, education, industrial, military sectors and other major virtual reality applications? Examples of virtual reality in education-ease of management, device allocation Benefits of VR in education, including faster retrieving and deleting, better security, and better support for remote students. What are the benefits of virtual reality in education? What are the disadvantages of virtual reality in the education system? Virtual reality education frontier How is virtual reality changing the education industry? How will virtual reality impact educational learning? Why is it difficult

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5 Marzo 2023

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