Teaching literature in virtual worlds : immersive learning in English studies / edited by Allen Webb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Webb, Allen, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational technology.

Literature--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.

Web-based instruction.

Immersion method (Language teaching).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds as teaching tools for specific literary works? Through engaging and surprising stories from classrooms where virtual worlds are in use, this book invites readers to understand and participate in this emerging and valuable pedagogy. It examines the experience of high school and college literature teachers involved in a pioneering project to develop virtual worlds for literary study, detailing how they created, utilized, and researched different immersive and interactive virtual reality environments to support the te

Contents:

Front Cover; Teaching Literature in Virtual Worlds; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Allen Webb; 2. A Virtual World for Lord of the Flies: Engaging Students and Meeting Common Core Standards: Cara Arver; 3. Midsummer Madness and The Virtual Tempest: Shakespeare as Foolish Role-play Game: Joseph Haughey and Jennifer Barns; 4. From Migrant Labor to High Society: Of Mice and Men and The Great Gatsby in Virtual Worlds: Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil and Meghan Dykema; 5. Teaching Things Fall Apart in The Village of Umuofia: Cheryl Taliaferro

6. Content Learning in Literary Virtual Worlds: The Village of Umuofia: Allen Webb7. Building a Secondary Brave New World: Robert Rozema; 8. Riffing on the Pied Piper: Combining Research and Creativity: Linda Dick; 9. Virtual Flanerie: Strolling through Mrs. Dalloway's London: Todd Kuchta; 10. Virtual Museums: British Literary Works in Historical and Cultural Context: Christopher Nagle, Ilse Schweitzer VanDonkelaar, and Cynthia Klekar; 11. "The Kindness of Strangers": Angels in America in a Virtual World: Steve Feffer

12. From MUDs to Metaverses: The Past and Future of Immersive Literary Worlds:Robert Rozema13. On the Building of Worlds: Kevin Jepson; Notes on Contributors; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-86373-7

1-136-86374-5

0-203-83647-2

OCLC:

798530294