Guidance tools supporting collaboration are relatively uncommon in educational VRLs, integrated in only 13 of 62 reviewed systems¶
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q2 i? Only 13 VRLs among the 62 reviewed publications incorporate guidance tools supporting collaboration, making guidance poorly integrated relative to communication and group awareness. → Kurtz 2025
Evidence¶
Kurtz 2025¶
Kurtz, M., Benabbou, A., Pons, C., & Broisin, J. (2025). Collaboration in virtual and remote laboratories for education: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-025-09454-7
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Descriptive coding of guidance tools (action blocking, scripts, teacher or student manual guidance) across the 62 analysed publications; the review found "guidance tools are relatively uncommon, with only 13 VRLs incorporating them".
"According to Table 6, guidance tools are relatively uncommon, with only 13 VRLs incorporating them."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Group awareness tools showing peer presence, peer activities, or multiple artifacts are integrated in many educational VRLs, but performance and teacher-presence indicators are never standalone
- Only a minority of VRL studies assess collaboration quality or learning, but most studies that measure learning report positive impact
- Regulation tools for collaboration are very rare in educational VRLs, identified in only 8 laboratories, mostly supporting regulation by teachers
- Synchronous communication is the most common collaboration support integrated in educational VRLs, and few labs offer none — related
- Collaborative VRLs are predominantly STEM-focused, virtual, non co-located, synchronous, and 2D — related
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Guidance tools supporting collaboration are relatively uncommon in educational VRLs, integrated in only 13 of 62 reviewed systems |
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Guidance tools supporting collaboration are relatively uncommon in educational VRLs, integrated in only 13 of 62 reviewed systems |
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review |
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2025 |
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2030 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-18 |
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