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Extended Field Trials of a Mixed-Reality Teaching Environment: Practical Issues Beyond the Technology

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This paper reviews the results of a set of field trials on MiRTLE - the Mixed Reality Teaching and Learning Environment conducted at Saint Paul College. We report on some of the lessons learnt using the platform and its relationship to the underlying pedagogies.

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    This field trial was terminated early due to student complaint, low retention and reduced student achievement. MiRTLE attendance data has been excluded due to unreliable record keeping which occurred during periods of course adjustment following student complaint.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Saint Paul College, Saint Paul, MN, USA

    Warren Sheaffer

  2. School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Essex University, Colchester, CO43SQ, UK

    Michael Gardner

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  1. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

    Dennis Beck

  2. University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

    Colin Allison

  3. Universidade Aberta, Coimbra, Portugal

    Leonel Morgado

  4. Institute of Information Systems and Computer Media, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

    Johanna Pirker

  5. Department of Computer Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

    Foaad Khosmood

  6. Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MT, USA

    Jonathon Richter

  7. Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria

    Christian Gütl

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Sheaffer, W., Gardner, M. (2017). Extended Field Trials of a Mixed-Reality Teaching Environment: Practical Issues Beyond the Technology. In: Beck, D., et al. Immersive Learning Research Network. iLRN 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 725. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60633-0_2

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