Increasing Student Engagement through Virtual Worlds: A Community College Approach in a Diversity Course

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Author(s): Yvonne Pigatt (The Community College of Baltimore County, USA)and James Braman (The Community College of Baltimore County, USA)
Copyright: 2018
Pages: 20
Source title: Student Engagement and Participation: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2584-4.ch046

Keywords: Curriculum Development and Instructional Design / Education / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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Virtual worlds allow for an immersive 3D experience with rich content and interactive potential for students. Through this richness and interactivity, educators have abundant creative power to design and facilitate meaningful learning experiences and collaboration opportunities. In this chapter, we discuss one such initiative using Second Life as an educational space for a community college course activity as a means to enhance student engagement. A brief literature review on education using virtual worlds will be presented, which underpin our pedagogical methodology for the project framework. Focusing on a community college course titled “Diversity in a Technological Society”, the course goals and project requirements will be discussed. The chapter concludes with a detailed description of the proposed methodology for the next phase, recommendations and future work.

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