Identity, learning and support in virtual environments / / Sharon Tettegah, Cynthia Calongne.

Virtual worlds and other virtual environments offer an adaptable context for applied and situated learning experiences. In this book, educators, instructional designers, librarians, administrators and scholars reflect on how to leverage constructivist, authentic, collaborative and complex interactiv...

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Superior document:Educational futures : rethinking theory and practice ; v.36
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Educational Futures 36.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Sharon Tettegah and Cynthia Calongne
  • An Introduction / Sharon Tettegah
  • Virtual Environment: The Machine is Our World / Grant Kien
  • If The Walls Could Talk / Alfred Weiss
  • Education and Virtual Worlds / Eun won Whang , Cherryberry Gerstort , Kona Taylor , Madison Poppy , Timothy Cash and TJ Milev
  • Challenges and Opportunities in Using MUVEs in K-12 Environments / Lisa Perez
  • Education in Virtual Environments,the Student Experience / Rhonda B. Trueman
  • Pre-Service Teachers in Second Life: The Dichotomy with the Net Generation / Jase Teoh
  • Effects of Virtual Reality on Learning at a Science Exhibit / Arlene de Strulle
  • Multiuser Virtual Environments (MUVEs) and Massive Multiplayer Online Rolepaying Games (MMORPGs) / Cynthia Calongne
  • Virtual Libraries and Education in Virtual Worlds / Lori Bell
  • Conclusion: Merging Realities / Virgil Varvel and Alfred Weiss
  • Biographies / Sharon Tettegah and Cynthia Calongne
  • Index / Sharon Tettegah and Cynthia Calongne.