Technology-mediated synchronous virtual education: An empirical study

• Main Authors: CHEN, Xiaofeng, SIAU, Keng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Interactivity; Media richness; Perceived learning; Second Life; Social presence; Transactional distance; Virtual worlds; Web conferencing; Communication Technology and New Media; Curriculum and Instruction
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9582; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10582/viewcontent/S26YX.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Many higher education institutions have used Internet technology to develop virtual education for a new generation of college students. In this research, the authors assessed the relative effectiveness of two technology-mediated learning environments for synchronous higher education compared to a tr...