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Learning and Assessment with Virtual Worlds
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posted on 2023-07-26, 13:44 authored by Mike Hobbs, Elaine Brown, Marie GordonThis chapter provides an introduction to learning and teaching in the virtual world Second Life (SL). It focuses on the nature of the environment and the constructivist cognitive approach to learning that it supports. The authors present detailed accounts of two case studies and provide preliminary analysis of the way in which the environment helps students to achieve both explicit and implicit learning outcomes. The formal assessment for these studies allowed the content, style, narrative and working pattern to be decided by the students. They believe that this approach provides a useful stepping stone between content driven and problem-based teaching techniques. Initial results seem to indicate that students have brought in learning from other areas with a mature approach that enhances their transferable skills in group work, project management and problem based learning. The authors suggest that loosely specified assessments with suitable scaffolding, within the rich environment of Second Life, can be used to help students develop independent, self motivated learning. To support this they map criteria from problembased learning literature and link the learning experience to types of learner.
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55-75External DOI
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IGI GlobalPlace of publication
Hershey, PATitle of book
E-Learning Technologies and Evidence-Based Assessment ApproachesISBN
9781605664101Editors
Christine Spratt, Paul LajbcygierLanguage
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2016-03-07Legacy Faculty/School/Department
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