Multi-user virtual environments for the classroom: practical approaches to teaching in virtual worlds
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE XIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENT XXIV
SECTION 1
PEDAGOGY AND MUVES: A NECESSARY INTERSECTION
CHAPTER 1 LINKING MUVE EDUCATION AND BEST EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES I
MICHAEL N. DEMERS, NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER2 MAPPING CURRENT TEACHING AND LEARNING PRACTICES TO MULTI-USER
VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS 17 NICCOLO CAPANNI, ROHERT GORDON UNIVERSITY, UK
DANIEL C. DOOLAN, ROHERT GORDON UNIVERSITY, UK
CHAPTER3 LEARNING PLACES: A CASE STUDY OFCOLLABORATIVE PEDAGOGY USING
ONLINE VIRTUAL WORLDS 31 JIM BARRETT, UMEA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN STEFAN
GELFGREN, UMEA UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
CHAPTER4 USING THE INTERACTION-COMBINATIONS INTEGRATION MODEL TO EXPLORE
REAL-LIFE LEARNING IN USER-CREATED VIRTUAL WORLDS 47
DAVID M ANTONACCI, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER, USA NELLIE
MODARESS, UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER, USA &LWARD LEE LAMOUREUX,
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, USA DAVID THOMAS, UNIVERSITY OFCOLORADO DENVER, USA
TIMOTHY ALLEN, WHARTON RESEARCH DATA SERVICES, USA
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CHAPTER 5
VIRTUAL LEAMING ENVIRONMENTS: SECOND LIFE MUVES TO LEVERAGE STUDENT
OWNERSHIP 62 MITZI P. TRAHAN, UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, USA
NAN B. ADAMS, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY, USA SUSAN DUPRE,
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, USA
CHAPTER6 EXPLORING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ONLINE TEACHER DISPOSITIONS
AND PRACTICES IN VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION AND
SATISFACTION 75
CAROL M SHEPHERD, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, USA MADEION ALPERT, NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER7 SIGNS AND GUIDEPOSTS: EXPANDING THE COURSE PARADIGM WITH
VIRTUAL WORLDS 86
KEYSHA 1 GAMOR, ICF INTERNATIONAL, USA
SECTION 2
ROADMAPS FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
CHAPTER 8 COLLABORATIVE E-LEAMING TECHNIQUES: LEARNING MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS VS.
MULTI-U SER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS 101
ANDREAS KONSTANTINIDIS, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OFTHESSALONIKI, GREECE
THRASYVOULOS TSIATSOS, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OFTHESSALONIKI, GREECE
STAVROS DEMETRIADIS, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OFTHESSALONIKI, GREECE ANDREAS
POMPORTSIS, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OFTHESSALONIKI, GREECE
CHAPTER9 HOW TO BUILD EFFECTIVE EDUTAINMENT EXPERIENCES IN MUVES 115
ALBERTO BUCCIERO, UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO, ITALY NICOLETTA DI BLAS,
POLYTECHNICS OF MILAN, ITALY LUCA MAINETTI, UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO, ITALY
PAOLO PAOLINI, POLYTECHNICS OF MILAN, ITALY
CATERINA POGGI, POLYTECHNICS OF MILAN, ITALY
CHAPTER 10 LEAMING BY BUILDING IN SL: AREFLEETION ON AN
INTERDISEIPLINARY AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENEE 134 HUGH DENARD, KING S
COLLEGE, UK ENRICA SALVATORI, UNIVERSITA DI PISA, ITALY
MARIA SIMI, UNIVERSITA DI PISA, ITALY
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CHAPTER 11
TRIP TO THE VIRTUAL CAREER WORLD 159
TOM WUNDERLICH, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, USA BEVERLY FORBES, OLD
DOMINION UNIVERSITY, USA ERIN MILLS, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER 12 WEB BASED AUTHORING FOR VIRTUAL WORLDS USING PIVOTE 170
DAVID BURDEN, DADEN LIMITED, UK ANDREW JINMAN, DADEN LIMITED, UK
CHAPTER 13 IMMERSIVE EDUCATION SPACES USING OPEN WONDERLAND: FROM
PEDAGOGY THROUGH TO PRACTICE 190 MICHAEL GARDNER, UNIVERSITY 0/ ESSEX,
UK ADELA GANEM-GUTIERREZ, UNIVERSITY 0/ ESSEX, UK
JOHN SCOTT, UNIVERSITY 0/ ESSEX, UK BERNARD HORAN, UNIVERSITY 0/ ESSEX,
UK VIC CALLAGHAN, UNIVERSITY 0/ ESSEX, UK
CHAPTER 14 TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SECOND LIFE: A CASE STUDY 206
JIUGUANG FENG, TOWSON UNIVERSITY, USA LIYAN SONG, TOWSON UNIVERSITY, USA
SECTION 3
MUVES IN THE CLASSROOM: EXPERIENCES, LESSONS AND APPLICATIONS
CHAPTER 15 SCIENCE THROUGH SECOND LIFE: A CASE STUDY OFMUVES IN AN URBAN
9TH GRADE CLASSROOM 220 ELIZABETH WELLMAN, EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT, LOS
ANGELES, USA CATHY ARREGUIN, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER 16 VIRTUAL WORLDS - ENJOYMENT, MOTIVATION AND ANONYMITY:
ENVIRONMENTS TO REENGAGE DISAFFECTED LEARNERS WITH EDUCATION 240
MARC THOMPSON, CAMBRIDGE EDUCATION @ ISLINGTON, UK
CHAPTER 17 WHY VIDEOGAMES ARE NOT TEACHER-PROOF: THE CENTRAL ROLE OFTHE
TEACHER WHEN USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CLASSROOM 267
MELISSA GRESA/FI, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, USA JACQUELINE BARNES, INDIANA
UNIVERSITY, USA PATRICK PETTYJOHN, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, USA
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CHAPTER 18
CONSTRUCTING AN EXPERIENCE IN A VIRTUAL GREEN HORNE 285
MARY ANN MENGEL, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER 19 TEACHING PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH SECOND LIFE 302
MARE CONRAD, UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE, UK
CHAPTER 20 VIRTUAL TEAM ROLE PLAYING: DEVELOPMENT OF A LEAMING
ENVIRONMENT 316
BJOERN JAEGER, MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NORWAY & CURTIN UNIVERSITY,
AUSTRALIA BERIT HELGHEIM, MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NORWAY
CHAPTER21 CROSS-UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIVE LEAMING: EXTENDING THE
CLASSROOM VIA VIRTUAL WORLDS 333 ANNE P. MASSEY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, USA
MITZI M MONTOYA, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
VALERIE BARTELT, INDIANA UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER 22 OBJECT DESIGN IN VIRTUALLMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTS 348
JAN BAUM, TOWSON UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER23 INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN OF AN ADVANCED INTERACTIVE DISCOVERY
ENVIRONMENT: EXPLORING TEAM COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY USE IN VIRTUAL
COLLABORATIVE ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING 366 YIYAN WU, SYRAEUSE
UNIVERSITY, USA
TIFFANY A. KOSZALKA, SYRAEUSE UNIVERSITY, USA
CHAPTER24 TOWARDS USABLE COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTS FOR
PROMOTING LISTENING COMPREHENSION 386
MIGUEL A. GARCIA-RUIZ, UNIVERSITY OF COLIMA, MEXIEO ARTHUR EDWARDS,
UNIVERSITY OFCOLIMA, MEXIEO RAUL AQUINO-SANTOS, UNIVERSITY OFCOLIMA,
MEXIEO JAY TASHIRO, UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TEEHNOLOGY,
CANADA
BILL KAPRALOS, UNIVERSITY OFONTARIO INSTITUTE OFTEEHNOLOGY, CANADA
CHAPTER25 SECOND LANGUAGE TEACHING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS: THE CASE OF
EUROPEAN COLLEGE STUDENTS UNDER THE ERASMUS PRO GRAM 412
PAULO FRIAS, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, PORTUGAL RIEARDO N FERNANDES,
UNIVERSITY OF PORTO, PORTUGAL RIEARDO CRUZ, UNIVERSITY OF PORTO,
PORTUGAL
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CHAPTER26
TEACHING FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN A VIRTUAL WORLD: LESSON PLANS 438
REGINA KAPLAN-RAKOWSKI, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, USA
COMPILATION OF REFERENCES 454
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 482
INDEX 497
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