Agency and engagement in digital learning contexts and high-immersion virtual reality
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This conceptual paper explores the role of learner agency and engagement in language education within digital learning contexts and high-immersion virtual reality (VR). The paper examines the multidimensional nature of agency and engagement, discussing how they manifest across various contexts and highlighting the challenges of creating digital and VR environments that have the potential to support agency and engagement. The paper highlights the need to balance agency with appropriate guidance and to account for different modalities that influence engagement dimensions in digital and high-immersion VR environments, thereby maximising their effectiveness as learning tools.
Source: Alsic
DOI: 10.4000/14cym
Authors: Alice Gruber, Regina Kaplan-Rakowski
Institutions: Technische Hochschule Augsburg, University of Augsburg
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4412483004