Abstract
The rapid growth in the use of virtual worlds in educational contexts has raised many questions about the pedagogical benefits of these technologies for teaching and learning. This symposium will focus on the use of scenario-based multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) in education and will specifically focus on: 1) the role of virtual worlds in education; 2) the value of scenario-based MUVEs in inquiry learning; 3) the role of "collaboration" in a multi-user environment; 4) the design issues; and 5) the challenges that need to be addressed to ensure that students can benefit from the virtual experience.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2010 |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 459-462 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781742720166 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2010 - Sydney, NSW, Australia Duration: 5 Dec 2010 → 8 Dec 2010 |
Other
| Other | 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2010 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Sydney, NSW |
| Period | 5/12/10 → 8/12/10 |
Keywords
- Collaboration
- Muves
- Pedagogy
- Scenarios
- Virtual worlds