Virtual Learning Environments: Second Life MUVEs to Leverage Student Ownership

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Author(s): Mitzi P. Trahan (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA), Nan B. Adams (Southeastern Louisiana University, USA)and Susan Dupre (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 13
Source title: Multi-User Virtual Environments for the Classroom: Practical Approaches to Teaching in Virtual Worlds
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Giovanni Vincenti (Towson University, USA)and James Braman (Towson University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-545-2.ch005

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

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The growing experimentation with multi-user virtual environments for educational purposes demands rigorous examination of all aspects of these digital worlds. While their use appears to enhance and expand traditional distance learning, educators acknowledge that barriers to access remain, including a steep learning curve for orienting users to MUVE navigation and functionality. The application of Adams’s Knowledge Development Model for Virtual Learning Environments provides a framework for the design of in-world learning opportunities and activities, many of which tend to mirror pedagogical best-practices in Real Life (RL).

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