Laying the groundwork for socialisation and knowledge construction within 3D virtual worlds
The paper reports the theoretical underpinnings for the pedagogical role and rationale for adopting 3D virtual worlds for socialisation and knowledge creation in distance education. Socialisation or ‘knowing one another' in remote distributed environments can be achieved throug...
Main Authors: | Shailey Minocha, Dave Roberts |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association for Learning Technology
2008-12-01
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Series: | Research in Learning Technology |
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Online Access: | http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10897 |
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