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Visual Learning in the Virtual World: The Hidden Curriculum of Imagery in Second Life

Visual Learning in the Virtual World: The Hidden Curriculum of Imagery in Second Life
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Author(s): Hsiao-Cheng Han (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 16
Source title: Immersive Environments, Augmented Realities, and Virtual Worlds: Assessing Future Trends in Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Steven D’Agustino (Fordham University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2670-6.ch006

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Abstract

Humans rely heavily on their sense of vision and learn from didactic images within their environments. For this reason, in traditional educational environments, educators care about visual representation. However, as today’s technology brings images to wider audiences with diverse cultural backgrounds in the virtual world global community, the process of automatic cognition helps people build new knowledge based on prior regional experience. Therefore, when educators employ a technology like Second Life to deliver education, the whole virtual world can be seen as a school. Although most research participants agreed that the imagery in Second Life is fictional, the data shows that users do learn from imagery in the virtual world.

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