Understanding Learning In Virtual Worlds
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Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds
Author: Mark Childs
language: en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date: 2013-08-27
Since the publication of the companion volume Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds in 2010, there has been a growth not only in the range and number of educational initiatives taking place in virtual worlds, but also in the depth of analysis of the nature of that education. Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds reflects those changes through a collection of chapters that are extended versions of research presented at the second Researching Learning in Virtual Environments conference (ReLIVE 11), an international conference hosted by the Open University UK. Included in this book are chapters that explore the philosophical and methodological underpinnings of understanding learning in virtual worlds, identify and analyse the factors that support learning in these environments, and present case studies that demonstrate some of the various ways in which virtual worlds can be applied to facilitate learning and teaching. The links between learning in a virtual world and learning in the physical world are made apparent throughout, and the authors reveal how understanding learning in one informs the other. Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds is an important book not only to those who teach in virtual worlds, but to anyone for whom understanding learning, in all its forms, is of interest.
Using Virtual Worlds in Educational Settings
The building of communities outside of the traditional brick-and-mortar base of a school or university is at a significant point in time; virtual worlds bridge the gap between 2D web spaces online and 3D physical spaces of the classroom, providing teachers and students alike with opportunities to connect and collaborate in ways that were previously unimaginable. Providing insight into this new age of teaching, Using Virtual Worlds in Educational Settings presents a collection of practical, evidence-based ideas that illustrate the capacity for immersive virtual worlds to be integrated successfully in higher education and school settings. Examining research and stories from more than 1,000 students and six faculty members who introduced virtual worlds into their teaching and learning, this book contains practical examples of how virtual worlds can be introduced and supported, as well as reflections from faculty and students about their response to virtual worlds. This research will help teachers understand how to approach such a fundamental shift in pedagogy, how to liberate themselves from teacher-focused instruction and how to help students to develop their skills through collaboration. Outlining how and why virtual worlds could be the shift in pedagogy that teachers have been waiting for, Using Virtual Worlds in Educational Settings is an accessible, practical resource for educators to support their use of virtual worlds in teaching.
Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds
Preliminary Material /Mark Childs and Greg Withnail -- Virtual Worlds Enhancing Student Learning in Higher Education /Yvonne Masters and Sue Gregory -- Love It or Hate It: Students' Responses to the Experience of Virtual Worlds /Mark Childs and Anna Peachey -- Problem-Based Learning in Virtual Worlds: Two Case Studies in User Interface Design /Spyros Vosinakis , Panayiotis Koutsabasis , Panagiotis Zaharias and Marios Belk -- Lok'tar Ogar! Leadership in the World of Warcraft /Melissa Johnson Farrar -- Higher Education Professional Development on Virtual Worlds through Machinima of SLOODLE: Linking Moodle with Second Life /Sue Gregory -- The Courtship Hypothesis and Second Life: Explaining Sexual Behaviour in a Virtual World /Paul Jerry -- Experience as an Essential Aspect of Teaching and Learning in a Virtual World /Tomáš Bouda -- The Virtualopolis Archipelago: Creatively Interconnecting Work-based Virtual Scenarios /Karen Le Rossignol -- Virtual Hybridity: Multiracial Identity in Second Life Explored /Dean Anthony Fabi Gui -- The Future of Virtual Worlds /Mark Childs.