Effects of Virtual Reality characteristics on collaboration between learners: Do visualizations of activities have an effect on an individual’s situational awareness when collaborating with others inside Virtual Reality?

Background<br/>This research explores the role of visualization tools in enhancing collaborative learning in virtual reality environments.<br/>Methodology<br/>An experiment was conducted, involving two groups of participants, each tasked with collaboratively solving a complex maze in a virtual reality environment. Both groups experienced two...

"A-Maze-ing Arguments in Virtual Reality": An Analysis of the Connection between Shared Situational Awareness and Social Modes of Co-Construction in Virtual Reality

Background<br/>Virtual Reality is an increasingly hot topic these days. As a user, you can play more and more high-quality games and strides are being made to use this medium for education and new kinds of workspaces. Previous research on Virtual Reality shows that it could improve teamwork by letting users share information easier. Users in...

Impact of visualizing teammates’ actions on shared situational awareness in Virtual Reality

Despite Virtual Reality being a relatively new field, it is steadily being introduced into numerous disciplines, such as education. Within these systems, particularly in collaborative environments, it is crucial to have a high Share Situational Awareness (SSA) in order to be aware of ones’ surroundings, encourage efficient decision making and...

Collaborating in Virtual Reality: Exploring the Impact of Visualization of Activities on Social Modes of Co-construction

Background: The advancements in Virtual Reality (VR) technology have opened up new possibilities for studying human dynamics and conducting experiments in immersive environments. To gain insights into collaborative learning and how it can be enhanced, an experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of visualizations of activities in VR on...

Mitigating Inference Attacks in Collaborative Credit Card Fraud Detection using Secure Multi-Party Selection

The convenient service offered by credit cards and the technological advances in e-commerce have caused the number of online payment transactions to increase daily. With this rising number, the opportunity for fraudsters to obtain cardholder details via online credit card fraud has also increased. As a result, according to the European Central...

Evaluating Collaborative Search for a Learning-Oriented Search Task

Web search has become a convenient option for seeking information related to learning, therefore understanding how to facilitate human learning through a search engine has the potential to improve the quality of informal education and online learning. One less understood aspect of search as learning is the effect of collaboration in a search...