2016 2nd International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) - Full and Short papers

The iLRN conference is in its 2nd iteration reporting high quality results in immersive learning research. It is organized by the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN), an international organization of developers, educators, and research professionals collaborating to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning. Effective immersive learning experiences are created within multiple media using myriad techniques and employing a wealth of knowledge that spans many disciplines wherein immersive learning and training may be relevant. The vision of iLRN is to seek out, innovate, and share the evidence and potential for immersive learning. One way of doing this is by hosting a worldwide conference of immersive scholars from across the disciplines, beginning in 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. These conferences are designed to support and create opportunities for ILRN members to meet and share in collaborative contexts and build their professional immersive learning research and development capacities, and share practical experiences in various scientific tracks and other presentation formats. But more than this, they were devised as an incubator during which iLRN members can collaboratively develop a comprehensive research and outreach agenda that encompasses the breadth and scope of learning potentialities, affordances and challenges of immersive learning environments.

2016 marks the 2nd Annual iLRN conference, hosted at the University of California at Santa Barbara, a beautiful and sunny place near the beach, amidst a busy network of immersive technology corporations, non-profits, entertainment and tourist attractions, and other learning and research institutions in the California area. It’s a setting where we hope to better define “immersion” and what that means across our connected interdisciplinary focus. We hope to highlight what “immersive” learning means to a number of focused disciplinary areas. We hope to immerse ourselves in a number of designed experiences to compare and contrast what capabilities they bring – and what things they disallow or take away.

Like the inaugural conference, iLRN 2016 is an important forum for immersive learning research. The call for papers resulted in a total of 45 submissions from around the world. Every submission has undergone a rigorous review by at least two members of the program committee to keep high scientific and quality standards. The editorial board decided based on the reviewers’ comments to accept 16 full papers for the Springer Proceedings, which is an acceptance rate of 36 percent. The full papers are arranged into two parts of the proceedings, the main track and the special tracks. The accepted papers’ authors are from: Austria, Australia, England, Portugal, Scotland, Germany, U.S.A. (California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, North Carolina).

We would like to thank all who contributed to the success of this conference, in particular the members of the iLRN committee (and the additional reviewers) for carefully reviewing the contributions and selecting a high quality program.

This Academic Full and Short Papers Proceedings volume is part of the Academic Track and is published by Springer.

To access the full documents please visit Springer's website: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-41769-1.

Editors

• Colin Allison,University of St Andrews, UK
• Leonel Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
• Johanna Pirker, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• Dennis Beck, University of Arkansas, USA
• Jonathon Richter, iLRN President and CEO, USA
• Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria

ISBN 978-3-319-41769-1

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The papers in this publication reflect the authors' opinions. Their inclusion in this publication does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the editors or the Immersive Learning Research Network.

To cite this volume please use the recommended format:

Allison, C., Morgado, L., Pirker, J., Beck, D., Richter, J., & Gütl, C. (Eds.) (2016). Immersive Learning Research Network. Proceedings of 2th International Conference, iLRN 2016, Santa Barbara, USA, June 27-July 1, 2016. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-41769-1

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