Teaching and learning affectively within a virtual campus
2009 (English)In: International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, ISSN 1470-9503, E-ISSN 1741-5225, Vol. 6, no 5, p. 476-498Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Working in a virtual world creates new opportunities available for both students and teachers and introduces new challenges to their skills and resources. In particular, virtual worlds such as Second Life (SL) offer revolutionary and innovative modes for learning. These learning spaces are referred to as Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) (Gredler, 2001; Jenkins, 2005). The guiding principle for the adoption of new VLEs by educators is that the particular features of each new Information and Communications Technology (ICT)-based tool should be used to provide specific benefits to the students' learning environments. While virtual worlds like SL are visually very rich environments where many types of stimuli and materials can be made available to students, the question is: what 'mainstream' university campus activities may be carried out completely within VLEs such as SL? We propose to explore this question and identify the potential to support teacher and learner interactions and activities within a virtual campus space of SL.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Geneva: Inderscience Publishers , 2009. Vol. 6, no 5, p. 476-498
Keywords [en]
ICT, VLE, communications technology, constructivist learning, e-learning, electronic learning, higher education, information technology, lifelong learning, online campus, online learning, second life, teaching, universities, virtual campus, virtual learning environment, web based campus
National Category
Educational Sciences
Research subject
Pedagogics and Educational Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-2779DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2009.027392OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hik-2779DiVA, id: diva2:298075
2010-02-212010-02-212017-12-12Bibliographically approved