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Learning CommonsRegular commentator Bill Thompson on how the classroom can make its way in the virtual world.
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Mark RollinsTeaching in virtual environments can be very productive, says Bill Thompson
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Second Life may get much less press attention than it used to - Reuters has withdrawn its much-trumpeted Second Life correspondent - but it is still being used by many people as a space for socialising, experimentation and, of course, cartoon-like sexual encounters.
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Second Life and World of Warcraft are not really "worlds", whatever their proponents might claim.
They are sophisticated 3-D environments that allow for a much greater degree of engagement than other tools, and they offer tools for interaction and creative expression that browsers, chatrooms and e-mail do not. However, the grandiose terminology makes it too easy to dismiss their importance.
The organisers of ReLIVE08 seem to realise this. In her paper, Ms Robbins-Bell talked about virtual worlds, but the conference as a whole was concerned with "Researching Learning in Virtual Environments", a broader and far less confrontational term.
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26 Nov 08
Cynthia GarretyRegular commentator Bill Thompson on how the classroom can make its way in the virtual world.
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Phil WaneUseful article and worth chasing up? Second Life aka Sadville to some but popular with educationalists. One point is that virtual worlds need renaming to be less confrontational but if Second Life so popuar with educators would it really benefit from a na
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