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Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds

Part of the Human–Computer Interaction Series Book Series

Editors: Childs, Mark; Peachey, Anna

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-5370-2

ISBN: 978-1-4471-5369-6

Publisher: Springer London - Springer Journals

Jun 15, 2013

1 - 9 of 9 Chapters

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An Alternative (to) Reality

Jones, Derek

Pages: 1 –20

[This chapter explores the idea that a generation of successful virtual environments relies on a better understanding of how we conceive virtual and physical realities in our minds, in particular, to recognise that our conception of these realities is at least as important as our perception of...
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Guidelines for Conducting Text Based Interviews in Virtual Worlds

Girvan, Carina; Savage, Timothy

Pages: 21 –39

[Interviews are a staple data collection tool in social science research and in recent decades have been increasingly formalised and systematised. However, due to the specific affordances and constraints of virtual worlds, researchers cannot simply replicate traditional interview techniques in...
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Designing for Hybrid Learning Environments in a Science Museum: Inter-professional Conceptualisations of Space

Jornet, Alfredo; Jahreie, Cecilie Flo

Pages: 41 –63

[This article examines conceptualisations of space in the design of hybrid learning environments. Our focus is the relationship between the task of designing a museum exhibition space and the material and conceptual tools that an inter-professional team of researchers, museum curators and...
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An Examination of Student Engagement, Knowledge Creation and Expansive Learning in a Virtual World

Burton, Brian G.; Martin, Barbara; Robins, Jenny

Pages: 65 –82

[This chapter examines engagement, creation of knowledge, and expansive learning of undergraduate students using a virtual world. After creating a 3D, didactic, constructivist virtual world, researchers recorded and analysed student conversations within the environment. Using Hara et al. (Instr...
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The Strength of Cohesive Ties: Discursive Construction of an Online Learning Community

Ferguson, Rebecca; Gillen, Julia; Peachey, Anna; Twining, Peter

Pages: 83 –100

[Learning takes place in a social context, shaping and shaped by discourses. In online projects such as the Schome Park Programme, these discourses are material-semiotic practices that make use of writing and other manifestations of digital literacies. Discourses include traceable patterns with...
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+SPACES: Serious Games for Role-Playing Government Policies

Horan, Bernard; Gardner, Michael

Pages: 101 –116

[This chapter explores how role-play simulations in virtual worlds can be used to support policy discussion and refinement. Although the work described is set primarily within the context of policy formulation for government, the lessons learnt are applicable to online learning and collaboration...
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Avatars, Art and Aspirations: The Creative Potential for Learning in the Virtual World

Wesner, Simone

Pages: 117 –133

[The Creative Industries regard the virtual world as a potential aid for fostering creative approaches. The Experimental Learning Framework (ELF) was a 3 year research project that analysed the capacity of Second Life for learning and teaching in project management, aiming to understand virtual...
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Second Language Acquisition by Immersive and Collaborative Task-Based Learning in a Virtual World

de Jong Derrington, Margaret

Pages: 135 –163

[The methods by which English as a Second Language can be taught and learnt in a Virtual World (VW) are explored in this study of an online community of language learners from around the world. Theories of language acquisition are invoked and the affordances required for current methods of...
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Do Virtual Worlds Support Engaging Social Conferencing?

Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Béatrice; Peachey, Anna; de Freitas, Sara; Nehmzow, Claus

Pages: 165 –179

[This chapter presents The Virtual World Conference, an online event that brought together top international researchers and pioneers in the fields of virtual worlds, from academia, education, and industry. The authors outline the challenges, successes, and problems of adopting the approach of...

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