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How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?
Gregory, Brent Gregory, Sue Wood, Denise Masters, Yvonne Hillier, Mathew Stokes-Thompson, Frederick Bogdanovych, Anton Butler, Des Hay, Lyn Jegathesan, Jay Jay
Gregory, Brent
Gregory, Sue
Wood, Denise
Masters, Yvonne
Hillier, Mathew
Stokes-Thompson, Frederick
Bogdanovych, Anton
Butler, Des
Hay, Lyn
Jegathesan, Jay Jay
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Gregory, Brent
Gregory, Sue
Wood, Denise
Masters, Yvonne
Hillier, Mathew
Stokes-Thompson, Frederick
Bogdanovych, Anton
Butler, Des
Hay, Lyn
Jegathesan, Jay Jay
Schutt, Stefan
Linegar, Dale
Alderton, Robyn
Cram, Andrew
Stupans, Ieva
McKeown Orwin, Lindy
Meredith, Grant
McCormick, Debbie
Collins, Francesca
Grenfell, Jenny
Zagami, Jason
Ellis, Allan
Jacka, Lisa
Campbell, John
Larson, Ian
Fluck, Andrew
Thomas, Angela
Farley, Helen
Muldoon, Nona
Abbas, Ali
Sinnappan, Suku
Neville, Katrina
Burnett, Ian
Aitken, Ashley
Simoff, Simeon
Scutter, Sheila
Wang, Xiangyu
Souter, Kay
Ellis, David
Salomon, Mandy
Wadley, Greg
Jacobson, Michael
Newstead, Anne
Hayes, Gary
Grant, Scott
Yusupova, Alyona
Gregory, Sue
Wood, Denise
Masters, Yvonne
Hillier, Mathew
Stokes-Thompson, Frederick
Bogdanovych, Anton
Butler, Des
Hay, Lyn
Jegathesan, Jay Jay
Schutt, Stefan
Linegar, Dale
Alderton, Robyn
Cram, Andrew
Stupans, Ieva
McKeown Orwin, Lindy
Meredith, Grant
McCormick, Debbie
Collins, Francesca
Grenfell, Jenny
Zagami, Jason
Ellis, Allan
Jacka, Lisa
Campbell, John
Larson, Ian
Fluck, Andrew
Thomas, Angela
Farley, Helen
Muldoon, Nona
Abbas, Ali
Sinnappan, Suku
Neville, Katrina
Burnett, Ian
Aitken, Ashley
Simoff, Simeon
Scutter, Sheila
Wang, Xiangyu
Souter, Kay
Ellis, David
Salomon, Mandy
Wadley, Greg
Jacobson, Michael
Newstead, Anne
Hayes, Gary
Grant, Scott
Yusupova, Alyona
Abstract
Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at the forefront of many higher education institutions around the world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting of Australian and New Zealand higher education academics was formed in 2009. These educators are investigating the role that virtual worlds play in the future of education and actively changing the direction of their own teaching practice and curricula. 47 academics reporting on 28 Australian higher education institutions present an overview of how they have changed directions through the effective use of virtual worlds for diverse teaching and learning activities such as business scenarios and virtual excursions, role-play simulations, experimentation and language development. The case studies offer insights into the ways in which institutions are continuing to change directions in their teaching to meet changing demands for innovative teaching, learning and research in virtual worlds. This paper highlights the ways in which the authors are using virtual worlds to create opportunities for rich, immersive and authentic activities that would be difficult or not possible to achieve through more traditional approaches.
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virtual worlds, VWs, Second Life, OpenSim, engagement, VWWG
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2011
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ASCILITE 2011: 28th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Changing Demands, Changing Directions
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Diamond Open Access.