Experiential learning in virtual worlds / edited by Mark Childs, Greg Withnail.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Childs, Mark, editor.

Withnail, Greg, editor.

Series:

At the Interface

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virtual computer systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2013]

Summary:

Virtual worlds are computer-generated three-dimensional worlds in which participants adopt digital personae, called avatars, to interact with others. One of the strengths of virtual worlds as platforms is that they can provide engaging and authentic experiences for participants, enabling simulations of different environments, opportunities to roleplay different activities, and facilitating creativity and imagination. This volume focuses on this use of virtual worlds for providing experiential learning in particular. Some of the questions the volume aims to answer are: To what extent can the experiences of virtual worlds be considered "real"? What types of experiential learning are virtual worlds effective at providing and how can learning design make best use of their potential?; How do different types of learners respond to virtual worlds? How can virtual worlds develop leadership skills? How are courtship rituals and multiracial identity expressed in virtual worlds and what does this reveal about learning? What is the future of experiential learning in virtual worlds?

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-37215-6

OCLC:

891397155

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004372153 DOI