Rhetoric and reality: critical perspectives on education in a 3D virtual world
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Paper/Presentation Title | Rhetoric and reality: critical perspectives on education in a 3D virtual world |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Gregory, Sue (Author), Gregory, Brent (Author), Wood, Denise (Author), Butler, Des (Author), Pasfield-Neofitou, Sarah (Author), Hearns, Merle (Author), de Freitas, Sarah (Author), Farley, Helen (Author), Warren, Ian (Author), Jacka, Lisa (Author), Stokes-Thompson, Frederick (Author), Cox, Robert (Author), Crowther, Patricia (Author), Atkins, Clare (Author), McDonald, Marcus (Author), Reiners, Torsten (Author), Wood, Lincoln (Author), Sim, Jenny (Author), Grant, Scott (Author), Campbell, Chris (Author), Hillier, Mathew (Author), Meredith, Grant (Author), Steel, Caroline (Author), Jegathesan, Jay Jay (Author), Zagami, Jason (Author), Sukunesan, Suku (Author), Gaukrodger, Belma (Author), Schutt, Stefan (Author), Le Rossignol, Karen (Author), Hill, Matt (Author), Rive, Pete (Author) and Wang, Xiangyu (Author) |
Editors | Hegarty, Bronwyn, McDonald, Jenny and Loke, Swee-Kin |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2014) |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 9780473307509 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://ascilite2014.otago.ac.nz |
Conference/Event | 31st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2014) |
Event Details | Rank C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C |
Event Details | 31st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2014) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Delivery In person Event Date 23 to end of 26 Nov 2014 Event Location Dunedin, New Zealand |
Abstract | The emergence of any new educational technology is often accompanied by inflated expectations about its potential for transforming pedagogical practice and improving student learning outcomes. A critique of the rhetoric accompanying the evolution of 3D virtual world education reveals a similar pattern, with the initial hype based more on rhetoric than research demonstrating the extent to which rhetoric matches reality. Addressed are the perceived gaps in the literature through a critique of the rhetoric evident throughout the evolution of the application of virtual worlds in education and the reality based on the reported experiences of experts in the field of educational technology, who are all members of the Australian and New Zealand Virtual Worlds Working Group. The experiences reported highlight a range of effective virtual world collaborative and communicative teaching experiences conducted in members' institutions. Perspectives vary from those whose reality is the actuation of the initial rhetoric in the early years of virtual world education, to those whose reality is fraught with challenges that belie the rhetoric. |
Keywords | 3D virtual worlds; Second Life; Gartner's Hype Cycle; reality |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
460799. Graphics, augmented reality and games not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | © 2014 ascilite, and the authors of individual articles. This publication is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in part for the purposes of study, research, or review, but is subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of New England |
Central Queensland University | |
Queensland University of Technology | |
Monash University | |
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand | |
Murdoch University | |
Australian Digital Futures Institute | |
Deakin University | |
Southern Cross University | |
University of South Australia | |
University of Canberra | |
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology, New Zealand | |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | |
Curtin University of Technology | |
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand | |
University of Auckland, New Zealand | |
University of Queensland | |
Federation University | |
La Trobe University | |
University of Western Australia | |
Griffith University | |
Swinburne University of Technology | |
Victoria University |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2y9w/rhetoric-and-reality-critical-perspectives-on-education-in-a-3d-virtual-world
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