{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4323870331","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-5165","title":"<i>iVisit-Communicate</i>for AEC Education: Using Virtual Humans to Practice Communication Skills in 360-Degree Virtual Field Trips","display_name":"<i>iVisit-Communicate</i>for AEC Education: Using Virtual Humans to Practice Communication Skills in 360-Degree Virtual Field Trips","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-03-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4323870331","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-5165"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-5165","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-5165","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S176637136","display_name":"Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering","issn_l":"0887-3801","issn":["0887-3801","1943-5487"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315747","host_organization_name":"American Society of Civil Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315747"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Society of Civil Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004696329","display_name":"Jing Wen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-9378"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130701444","display_name":"Georgia Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01zkghx44","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jing Wen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 (corresponding author). ORCID: "],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Assistant Professor, School of Building Construction, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 (corresponding author). ORCID: ","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006173686","display_name":"Masoud Gheisari","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5568-9923"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I33213144","display_name":"University of Florida","ror":"https://ror.org/02y3ad647","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I33213144"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Masoud Gheisari","raw_affiliation_strings":["Associate Professor, Rinker School of Construction Management, Univ. of Florida, P.O. Box 115703, Gainesville, FL 32611-5703. ORCID: "],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Associate Professor, Rinker School of Construction Management, Univ. of Florida, P.O. Box 115703, Gainesville, FL 32611-5703. ORCID: ","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I33213144"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5004696329"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130701444"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.0391,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86935999,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"37","issue":"3","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.9998000264167786,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11687","display_name":"Teleoperation and Haptic Systems","score":0.9948999881744385,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2210","display_name":"Mechanical Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11516","display_name":"Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes","score":0.9368000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trips-architecture","display_name":"TRIPS architecture","score":0.7381086945533752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability","display_name":"Usability","score":0.6039988994598389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/field","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","score":0.5832172632217407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/situated","display_name":"Situated","score":0.5044187307357788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.47389286756515503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.4416581988334656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-reality","display_name":"Virtual reality","score":0.4400915801525116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.3818454146385193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.3479703664779663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.08898729085922241}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157085824","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2384809","display_name":"TRIPS architecture","level":2,"score":0.7381086945533752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.6039988994598389},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.5832172632217407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132829578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q581151","display_name":"Situated","level":2,"score":0.5044187307357788},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47389286756515503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.4416581988334656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194969405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170519","display_name":"Virtual reality","level":2,"score":0.4400915801525116},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3818454146385193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3479703664779663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.08898729085922241},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202444582","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837863","display_name":"Pure mathematics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C173608175","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232661","display_name":"Parallel computing","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-5165","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1061/jccee5.cpeng-5165","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S176637136","display_name":"Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering","issn_l":"0887-3801","issn":["0887-3801","1943-5487"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315747","host_organization_name":"American Society of Civil Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315747"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["American Society of Civil Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.5299999713897705,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":50,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W172711948","https://openalex.org/W591743112","https://openalex.org/W1551717579","https://openalex.org/W1553146344","https://openalex.org/W1570438860","https://openalex.org/W1586856071","https://openalex.org/W1973365093","https://openalex.org/W1989353477","https://openalex.org/W1990828656","https://openalex.org/W2029638591","https://openalex.org/W2064910395","https://openalex.org/W2065427258","https://openalex.org/W2070011694","https://openalex.org/W2081691814","https://openalex.org/W2100073726","https://openalex.org/W2121256465","https://openalex.org/W2134430612","https://openalex.org/W2150306632","https://openalex.org/W2151905266","https://openalex.org/W2155859429","https://openalex.org/W2166255748","https://openalex.org/W2170576801","https://openalex.org/W2171057921","https://openalex.org/W2319383634","https://openalex.org/W2386192529","https://openalex.org/W2406187821","https://openalex.org/W2516537225","https://openalex.org/W2529427746","https://openalex.org/W2548556010","https://openalex.org/W2569897526","https://openalex.org/W2597484800","https://openalex.org/W2744764651","https://openalex.org/W2763294710","https://openalex.org/W2768131666","https://openalex.org/W2777117982","https://openalex.org/W2810767517","https://openalex.org/W2898648565","https://openalex.org/W2912830318","https://openalex.org/W2968941372","https://openalex.org/W3000300578","https://openalex.org/W3035515839","https://openalex.org/W3098938669","https://openalex.org/W3102154886","https://openalex.org/W3161082045","https://openalex.org/W3200358668","https://openalex.org/W3212252365","https://openalex.org/W4231258276","https://openalex.org/W4252611542","https://openalex.org/W4256605683","https://openalex.org/W4283319246"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1600697036","https://openalex.org/W2155106162","https://openalex.org/W1601337804","https://openalex.org/W2035858348","https://openalex.org/W2010047220","https://openalex.org/W2165440188","https://openalex.org/W2552595315","https://openalex.org/W4231598561","https://openalex.org/W2497634305","https://openalex.org/W3173219617"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"To":[0],"prepare":[1],"graduates":[2],"for":[3,93],"the":[4,11,23,54,75,141,181],"dynamic":[5],"and":[6,14,59,66,112,131,143,164,191],"complex":[7],"working":[8],"environment":[9],"in":[10,187],"architecture,":[12],"engineering,":[13],"construction":[15],"(AEC)":[16],"industry,":[17],"educational":[18],"institutions":[19],"have":[20],"distinctly":[21],"emphasized":[22],"significance":[24,182],"of":[25,56,78,121,140,146,162,167,171,180,183],"communication":[26,98,122,127,165,185,200],"skills.":[27,99],"Field":[28],"trips":[29,62,92,190],"are":[30],"a":[31,39,64,79,137,151],"widely":[32],"utilized":[33],"strategy":[34],"to":[35,95,123,175],"provide":[36,124,176],"students":[37,44,94],"with":[38,47,85],"situated":[40],"learning":[41],"setting":[42],"where":[43],"can":[45],"communicate":[46],"professionals":[48],"onsite.":[49],"However,":[50],"several":[51],"challenges":[52],"limit":[53],"application":[55],"this":[57,172],"strategy,":[58],"virtual":[60,80,87,101,110,114,188],"field":[61,81,91,189],"become":[63],"potential":[65],"promising":[67],"supplement":[68],"or":[69],"alternative":[70],"approach.":[71],"This":[72,100],"study":[73,173],"discusses":[74],"pedagogical":[76,144],"use":[77],"trip":[82],"experience":[83,102],"augmented":[84],"conversational":[86,113,132],"humans\u2014iVisit-Communicate\u2014to":[88],"produce":[89],"realistic":[90],"practice":[96],"their":[97],"is":[103,174],"supported":[104],"by":[105,150],"immersive":[106],"computing":[107],"(i.e.,":[108],"360-degree":[109],"space)":[111],"human":[115],"technologies.":[116],"iVisit-Communicate":[117,147],"simulates":[118],"two":[119],"types":[120],"student-professional":[125],"verbal":[126],"opportunities:":[128],"guided":[129],"scenario":[130],"scenario.":[133],"The":[134,169],"paper":[135],"provides":[136],"detailed":[138],"description":[139],"technical":[142],"development":[145],"components":[148],"followed":[149],"student-centered":[152],"experiment,":[153],"focusing":[154],"on":[155],"measures":[156],"such":[157,194],"as":[158],"system":[159],"usability,":[160],"sense":[161],"presence,":[163],"skills":[166],"students.":[168],"contribution":[170],"an":[177],"in-depth":[178],"understanding":[179],"integrating":[184],"opportunities":[186,196],"illustrate":[192],"how":[193],"on-the-site":[195],"successfully":[197],"facilitate":[198],"students\u2019":[199],"practices.":[201]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-04T08:04:53.788161","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}