Immersive Virtual Worlds explored in Association for Learning Technology’s journal

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 9, 2009 -- Ten articles explore different facets of immersive virtual worlds, from 3D Virtual Learning Environments to the role of music in learning and concepts such as Second Life, Active Worlds and collaborative virtual gaming worlds.

Dr Diane Carr, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education, University of London, reviewed the special issue and explains, “This special issue of ALT-J will be welcomed by those conducting research in, teaching in, or teaching about virtual worlds. The authors investigate key concepts (including learning, affect and 'affordance'), reflect on practice, and consider the implications for pedagogy. The perspectives brought to bear on these issues are diverse. The collection incorporates topics (such as music) that have rarely been addressed by those working in this rapidly expanding field, and theoretical frameworks (such as psychoanalysis) that have rarely been applied.”

ALT-J is part of the package of membership benefits for those who join the Association for Learning Technology http://www.alt.ac.uk/membership_join.html or is available under separate subscription at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g906960349~tab=toc.

Maggi Savin-Baden’s article From cognitive capability to social reform? Shifting perceptions of learning in immersive virtual worlds will be a valuable source for those wishing to use Immersive Virtual Worlds to transform pedagogy.., She is an expert in Immersive Virtual Worlds with research interests including Problem-based Learning and Games-based Learning, Learning Spaces, Liquid Learning, and Second Life Learning. Her article is available for free download from www.educationarena.com from the ‘In Focus’ section.

Learning and Teaching in Immersive Virtual Worlds. A special issue of ALT-J.
Volume 16 Issue 3 2008
Edited by Maggi Savin-Baden (Professor of Higher Education Research and Director of Learning Innovation at Coventry University) and Robert Ward (Reader in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Huddersfield)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

For the full table of contents, please visit: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g906960349~tab=toc

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