Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds

1. An Alternative (to) Reality
Derek Jones

2. Guidelines for Conducting Text Based Interviews in Virtual Worlds
Carina Girvan, Timothy Savage

3. Designing for Hybrid Learning Environments in a Science Museum: Inter-professional Conceptualisations of Space
Alfredo Jornet, Cecilie Flo Jahreie

4. An Examination of Student Engagement, Knowledge Creation and Expansive Learning in a Virtual World
Brian G. Burton, Barbara Martin, Jenny Robins

5. The Strength of Cohesive Ties: Discursive Construction of an Online Learning Community
Rebecca Ferguson, Julia Gillen, Anna Peachey, Peter Twining

6. +SPACES: Serious Games for Role-Playing Government Policies
Bernard Horan, Michael Gardner

7. Avatars, Art and Aspirations: The Creative Potential for Learning in the Virtual World
Simone Wesner

8. Second Language Acquisition by Immersive and Collaborative Task-Based Learning in a Virtual World
Margaret Jong Derrington

9. Do Virtual Worlds Support Engaging Social Conferencing?
Andreas Schmeil, Béatrice Hasler, Anna Peachey, Sara Freitas, Claus Nehmzow

Avainsanat: Computer Science, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computers and Education, Educational Technology, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities, Ontology