Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16550
Title: Rhetoric and reality: critical perspectives on education in a 3D virtual world
Contributor(s): Gregory, Sue  (author)orcid ; Gregory, Brent  (author); Stockes-Thompson, Frederick (author); Cox, Robert (author); Crowther, Patricia (author); Atkins, Clare (author); McDonald, Marcus (author); Reiners, Torsten (author); Wood, Lincoln (author); Sim, Jenny (author); Grant, Scott (author); Campbell, Chris (author); Wood, Denise (author); Millier, Mathew (author); Meredith, Grant (author); Steel, Caroline (author); Jegathesan, Jay Jay (author); Zagami, Jason (author); Sukunesan, Suku (author); Gaukrodger, Belma (author); Schutt, Steffan (author); Le Rossignol, Karen (author); Hill, Matt (author); Butler, Des (author); Pete, Rive (author); Wang, Xiangyu (author); Passfield-Neofitou, Sarah (author); Hearns, Merle (author); de Frietas, Sara (author); Farley, Helen (author); Warren, Ian (author); Jacka, Lisa (author)
Publication Date: 2014
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16550
Abstract: The emergence of any new educational technology is often accompanied by inflated expectations about its potential for transforming pedagogical practice and improving student learning outcomes. A critique of the rhetoric accompanying the evolution of 3D virtual world education reveals a similar pattern, with the initial hype based more on rhetoric than research demonstrating the extent to which rhetoric matches reality. Addressed are the perceived gaps in the literature through a critique of the rhetoric evident throughout the evolution of the application of virtual worlds in education and the reality based on the reported experiences of experts in the field of educational technology, who are all members of the Australian and New Zealand Virtual Worlds Working Group. The experiences reported highlight a range of effective virtual world collaborative and communicative teaching experiences conducted in members' institutions. Perspectives vary from those whose reality is the actuation of the initial rhetoric in the early years of virtual world education, to those whose reality is fraught with challenges that belie the rhetoric. Although there are concerns over institutional resistance, restrictions, and outdated processes on the one-hand, and excitement over the rapid emergence of innovation on the other, the prevailing reality seems to be that virtual world education is both persistent and sustainable. Explored are critical perspectives on the rhetoric and reality on the educational uptake and use of virtual worlds in higher education, providing an overview of the current and future directions for learning in virtual worlds.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: ASCILITE 2014: 31st Annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education International Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 23rd - 26th November, 2014
Source of Publication: Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology. Proceedings of ascilite Dunedin 2014, p. 279-289
Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Place of Publication: Dunedin, New Zealand
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130306 Educational Technology and Computing
130103 Higher Education
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390405 Educational technology and computing
390303 Higher education
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930201 Pedagogy
930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies
930101 Learner and Learning Achievement
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160302 Pedagogy
160304 Teaching and instruction technologies
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://ascilite.org/conference/past-proceedings/
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