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Identity, learning and support in virtual environments / Sharon Tettegah, Cynthia Calongne.
Van Pelt Library LB1028.5 .I118 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Educational futures : rethinking theory and practice ; v.4.
- Educational futures : rethinking theory and practice ; v.36
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer-assisted instruction.
- Internet in education.
- Shared virtual environments.
- Second Life (Game).
- Virtual reality in education.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2009]
- Summary:
- Tettegah (U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Calongne (Colorado Technical U.) present 11 papers exploring the educational uses and implications of virtual environments, focusing on the use of chat spaces; Web 2.0, 3D Web or object oriented/semantic web (Web 3.0), and virtual environment applications such as Second Life. Specific topics include avatar identity and presence and its affect on learning, teaching science in virtual environments, student-reported experiences of learning in Second Life, a case study of teaching pre-service teachers in Second Life, and cultural influences and social interactions in a virtual world. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789087909932
- 9087909934
- 9087909926
- 9789087909925
- OCLC:
- 501325352
- Publisher Number:
- 99937299342
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