A nice research piece from the
British Journal of Educational Technology
“What are the learning affordances of 3-D virtual environments?” – Barney Dalgarno and Mark J. W. Lee
This article explores the potential learning benefits of three-dimensional (3-D) virtual learning environments (VLEs). Drawing on published research spanning two decades, it identifies a set of unique characteristics of 3-D VLEs, which includes aspects of their representational fidelity and aspects of the learner–computer interactivity they facilitate. A review of applications of 3-D VLEs is presented, leading to the identification of a series of learning affordances of such environments
