Students as Designers of Virtual World Learning Environments
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Students as Designers of Virtual World Learning Environments |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 2177 |
Book Title | Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications |
Authors | Jacka, Lisa (Author) and Booth, Kate (Author) |
Page Range | 1697-1712 |
Chapter Number | 79 |
Number of Pages | 16 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | IGI Global |
ISBN | 9781522573050 |
9781522573067 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7305-0.ch079 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.igi-global.com/book/teacher-education-concepts-methodologies-tools/ |
Abstract | Virtual worlds provide pre-service teachers with the opportunity to study teaching and learning in an immersive 3D computer based environment. The pre-service teacher is able to become a designer of learning environments in ways that were previously impossible in a traditional bricks and mortar classroom. The learning environment that pre-service teachers create can, in turn, inform established educators about the usefulness of virtual worlds for education. In the School of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia, pre-service teachers have been given the opportunity to design and build virtual world learning environments. This chapter presents the story of one pre-service teacher and her tutor as they discuss the design of a virtual world learning environment for maths. This particular design project resulted in virtual worlds being integrated across a number of pre-service teacher courses and extended into the K-6 classroom. An overview of these other projects is also presented. |
Keywords | teacher education; pre-service teachers; Information Communication Technology (ICT); virtual world learning environment; maths; Southern Cross University; Australia |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
390307. Teacher education and professional development of educators | |
390303. Higher education | |
Byline Affiliations | Southern Cross University |
Journal Title | Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q6668/students-as-designers-of-virtual-world-learning-environments
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