Conclusion to 'Authentic Virtual World Education: Facilitating Cultural Engagement and Creativity'

Title
Conclusion to 'Authentic Virtual World Education: Facilitating Cultural Engagement and Creativity'
Publication Date
2018
Author(s)
Gregory, Sue
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0417-8266
Email: sgregor4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:sgregor4
Wood, Denise
Editor
Editor(s): Sue Gregory, Denise Wood
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Singapore
Edition
1
DOI
10.1007/978-981-10-6382-4_12
UNE publication id
une:23595
Abstract
It is now ten years since we witnessed the peak of popularity in the educational use of virtual worlds in higher education and the subsequent decline in interest as educators came to the realisation that much of the hype was based on over-inflated expectations. Yet far from languishing in the "trough of disillusionment", as the authors of this collection show, virtual worlds have now come of age as educators continue to explore the pedagogical affordances of these technologies for engaging students in authentic activities designed to improve their technical and employability skills.
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Citation
Authentic Virtual World Education: Facilitating Cultural Engagement and Creativity, p. 199-203
ISBN
9789811063824
9789811063817
Start page
199
End page
203

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