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application/pdf en text Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms The student, Peter Grzywacz, accepted the attached license on 2025-07-16 at 15:01. The student, Peter Grzywacz, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2025-07-16 at 15:07. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2025-07-22 at 16:35. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #22608 on 2025-10-20 at 20:15:21 Developing a virtual reality information gap activity for collaborative language learning Grzywacz, Peter 2025-07-22 Cermak, Dan Sadler, Randall Virtual Reality, Development, Information Gap Developer Teacher Language Learning eng One of Virtual Reality’s affordances is the ability to hide and show synchronized information to the users. This thesis documents the research, design, development and testing of the transfer of a popular communicative ESL teaching activity, the “information gap” activity, from its physical paper and pen origins into the medium of virtual reality. This activity uses affordances, signifiers, instructions, set theory, and a game engine to create an interactive and immersive activity for language learning. The implementation of the technical components and development process are documented so that other developer-instructors can gain a viewpoint on developing ESL activities in the new medium of virtual reality with the goal of providing learners with interactive and collaborative learning experiences. 2025-08 Text https://hdl.handle.net/2142/129950 Copyright 2025 Peter Grzywacz Linguistics Teaching of English Sec Lang University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign M.A. Thesis