| Description |
xli, 358 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
The making of the University Life Café : harnessing interactive technologies and virtual community for an anti-suicide website for college students / Shalin Hai-Jew -- 3D design and collaboration in massively multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) / Steven Warburton, Margarita Pérez García -- Music matters : a unique distance education opportunity for the humanities / Rebecca Gould, Elizabeth Unger -- Virtual worlds and avatars for the development of primary foreign languages and primary foreign languages for the development of real children / Yongho Kim -- Transpositions in configurable virtual storyworlds / James J. Sosnoski ... [et al.] -- Argumentative interactions and learning through a virtual environment : lessons learned from the implementation of a case in science / Nathalie Muller Mirza -- Obesity prevention in second life : the international health challenge / Rebecca E. Lee ... [et al.] -- Dissection of a desktop microworld / Christine S. Marszalek, Jacob M. Marszalek -- Using digital communities to enhance student persistence and retention / Charles S. Layne ... [et al.] -- Designing for social interaction and social competence in a 3D-VLE / James Laffey -- Maximizing collaborative learning and work in digital libraries and repositories : a conceptual meta-case / Shalin Hai-Jew -- Creating a motivated online graduate community / Joan E. Aitken -- Developing collaborative problem-solving in an online training program for insurance agents / Patrick Connolly, Donna Russell -- Ethical and legal issues in teaching and learning in second life in a graduate online course / R.S. Talab, Hope B. Botterbusch -- Second Life® project development as a venue for interdisciplinary collaboration / Susan Toth-Cohen, Pamela R. Mitchell -- Critical thinking in discussion : online versus face-to-face / Leonard Shedletsky -- Enhancing intelligence, English and math competencies in the classroom via e@Leader integrated online edutainment gaming and assessment / Anthony R. Dickinson, Diane Hui -- Herding cats : striking a balance between autonomy and control in online classes / Donald N. Philip -- The critical and historical view in communities of practice (CoP) for the development in education / Neli Maria Mengalli, José Armando Valente |
| Summary |
"Using a case study analysis, this book provides a unifying perspective for discussing the viability of collaborative virtual spaces as training programs for insurance brokers, forums to support at-risk university students, simulations of historical places, means to aid autistic children learn social skills, repositories for digital libraries, collaborative spaces designing new university programs and emergency response training"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"Premier reference source"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-341) and index |
| Subject |
Computer-assisted instruction -- Case studies.
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Group work in education -- Case studies.
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Shared virtual environments -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Russell, Donna, 1955-
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| ISBN |
1605668788 |
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9781605668789 |
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