Teaching and learning in virtual worlds: is it worth the effort?
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Paper/Presentation Title | Teaching and learning in virtual worlds: is it worth the effort? |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Farley, Helen (Author), Gregory, Sue (Author), Ellis, Allan (Author), Crisp, Geoffrey (Author), Grenfell, Jenny (Author), Thomas, Angela (Author) and Campbell, Matthew (Author) |
Editors | Steel, Caroline, Keppell, Michael, Gerbic, Philippa and Housego, Simon |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2010) |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9781742720166 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/procs/Farley-symposium.pdf |
Conference/Event | 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2010) |
Event Details | 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2010) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Delivery In person Event Date 05 to end of 08 Dec 2010 Event Location Sydney, Australia |
Abstract | Educators have been quick to spot the enormous potential afforded by virtual worlds for situated and authentic learning, practising tasks with potentially serious consequences in the real world and for bringing geographically dispersed faculty and students together in the same space (Gee, 2007; Johnson and Levine, 2008). Though this potential has largely been realised, it generally isn’t without cost in terms of lack of institutional buy-in, steep learning curves for all participants, and lack of a sound theoretical framework to |
Keywords | virtual worlds; affordances; institutional adoption |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
390409. Learning sciences | |
460799. Graphics, augmented reality and games not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Authors retain copyright. Copyright © 2010 Helen Farley, Sue Gregory, Allan Ellis, Geoffrey Crisp, Jenny Grenfell, Angela Thomas & Mathew Campbell. |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Digital Futures Institute |
University of New England | |
Southern Cross University | |
University of Adelaide | |
Deakin University | |
University of Tasmania | |
Australian Catholic University | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0qzw/teaching-and-learning-in-virtual-worlds-is-it-worth-the-effort
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