Authentic Virtual World Education: Facilitating Cultural Engagement And Creativity
by Sue Gregory /
2017 / English / PDF
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The book presents the possibilities and realities of virtual
worlds in education through the application of 3D virtual worlds
to support authentic learning, creativity, learner engagement and
cultural diversity in higher education. It includes a unique
variety of cross disciplinary approaches to research, teaching
and learning in a virtual world, including analysis of data from
the experiences of students in education, law, Chinese language,
sustainability, computer architecture, business, health and the
Arts. The book provides unique learning experiences that have
celebrated the rich media of virtual world environments through
the utilisation of affordances such as simulation, bots,
synchronous interaction, machinima and games. The perspectives
come from Australia and New Zealand higher education academics
but transferable to any higher educational institution in the
sector, worldwide, and is significant to various disciplines in
the higher education field.
The book presents the possibilities and realities of virtual
worlds in education through the application of 3D virtual worlds
to support authentic learning, creativity, learner engagement and
cultural diversity in higher education. It includes a unique
variety of cross disciplinary approaches to research, teaching
and learning in a virtual world, including analysis of data from
the experiences of students in education, law, Chinese language,
sustainability, computer architecture, business, health and the
Arts. The book provides unique learning experiences that have
celebrated the rich media of virtual world environments through
the utilisation of affordances such as simulation, bots,
synchronous interaction, machinima and games. The perspectives
come from Australia and New Zealand higher education academics
but transferable to any higher educational institution in the
sector, worldwide, and is significant to various disciplines in
the higher education field.