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Title: Design and construction in virtual environments for real-world learning
Related: IODL & ICEM 2010 Joint Conference and Media Days (6 - 8 October 2010 : Eskisehir, Turkey)
Related: Proceedings of IODL & ICEM 2010 Joint Conference and Media Days, p.393-407
Publisher: Turkey : Anadolu University
Date: 2010
Author/Creator: Hedberg, John G
Author/Creator: Cram, Andrew
Author/Creator: Lumkin, Katy
Author/Creator: Eade, Jan
Description: Learning tasks in virtual worlds have produced evidence of their educational validity but implementations, however, do not always make full use of the educational possibilities - namely the potential for students to learn through design and construction of artefacts within the virtual environment and apply their learning to real world contexts. This paper outlines a design-based research project that is implementing and evaluating a virtual world that focuses on student design and construction of in-world artefacts and then transferring their ideas into real-world tasks. The discussion covers theoretical considerations, the challenges of construction and the progression of in-world activities that meet these challenges.
Description: 15 page(s)
Resource Type: conference paper
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Education

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