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Designing a Virtual Learning Environment to Support the Study of Crime and Its Prevention for Teenagers

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Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment (Edutainment 2006)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 3942))

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This paper focuses on our approach to developing a Virtual Learning Environment, CrimCity, aimed at learning about crime and its prevention. We describe the approach taken to gaining information relating to interactivity and the learning potential of CrimCity, presenting a user study involving 27 novice learners. A number of interesting results have emerged, including the clear disinclination and negative perspective of virtual learning environments experienced by women in the 14-19 age range along with the positive response from older adults, particularly women. Responding to the results of this study has resulted in greater clarity for learning approaches within CrimCity and the interaction styles required to support them.

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  1. School of Computing and Technology, Sunderland University, Sunderland, SR6 0DD, UK

    Lynne Hall & Giles Oatley

  2. Technium CAST, Parc Menai, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 4DD, UK

    Karen Padmore

  3. Greater Manchester Police, Chester House, Boyer Street, Manchester, M16 0RE, UK

    Mike Hodge

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Zhigeng Pan

  2. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Ruth Aylett

  3. Fraunhofer IGD, Joachim-Jungius-Strasse 11, 18059, Rostock, Germany

    Holger Diener

  4. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P.R. China

    Xiaogang Jin

  5. Digital Storytelling Dept, ZGDV e.V., Rundeturmstr. 10, P.O. Box, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Stefan Göbel

  6. School of Management, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, P.R. China

    Li Li

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Hall, L., Padmore, K., Hodge, M., Oatley, G. (2006). Designing a Virtual Learning Environment to Support the Study of Crime and Its Prevention for Teenagers. In: Pan, Z., Aylett, R., Diener, H., Jin, X., Göbel, S., Li, L. (eds) Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment. Edutainment 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3942. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11736639_30

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11736639_30

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-33423-1

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