How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?
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Brent Gregory, Sue Gregory, University of New England, United States ; Denise Wood, University of South Australia, Australia ; Yvonne Masters, University of New England, United States ; Mathew Hillier, University of Queensland, Australia ; Frederick Stokes-Thompson, University of South Australia, Australia ; Anton Bogdanovych, University of Western Sydney, Australia ; Des Butler, Queensland University of Technology, Australia ; Lyn Hay, Charles Sturt University, Australia ; Kim Flintoff, Curtin University of Technology, Australia ; Stefan Schutt, Victoria University, Australia ; Robyn Alderton, TAFENSW Western Institute, Australia ; Ieva Stupans, Lindy McKeown Orwin, University of New England, United States ; Andrew Cram, Macquarie University, Australia ; Grant Meredith, University of Ballarat, Australia ; Jenny Grenfell, Deakin University, Australia ; Francesca Collins, Monash University, Australia ; Allan Ellis, Lisa Jacka, Southern Cross University, Australia ; Ian Larson, Monash University, Australia ; Andrew Fluck, University of Tasmania, Australia ; Helen Farley, University of Southern Queensland, Australia ; Jay Jay Jegathesan, University of Western Australia, Australia ; Dale Linegar, Victoria University, Australia ; Debbie McCormick, Monash University, Australia ; Jason Zagami, Griffith University, Australia ; John Campbell, University of Canberra, Australia ; Angela Thomas, University of Tasmania, Australia ; Nona Muldoon, Central Queensland University, Australia ; Ali Abbas, The University of Sydney, Australia ; Ian Burnett, RMIT, Australia ; Sheila Scutter, James Cook University, Australia ; David Ellis, Southern Cross University, Australia ; Suku Sinnappan, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia ; Katrina Neville, RMIT, Australia ; Ashley Aitken, Curtin University of Technology, Australia ; Simeon Simoff, University of Western Sydney, Australia ; Xiangyu Wang, The University of New South Wales, Australia ; Mandy Salomon, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia ; Kay Souter, La Trobe University, Australia ; Greg Wadley, University of Melbourne, Australia ; Michael Jacobson, Anne Newstead, The University of Sydney, Australia ; Gary Hayes, MUVEDesign.com, Australia ; Scott Grant, Monash University, Australia ; Alyona Yusupova, University of Western Sydney, Australia
ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference, Publisher: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
Abstract
Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at the forefront of many higher education institutions around the world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting of Australian and New Zealand higher education academics was formed in 2009. These educators are investigating the role that virtual worlds play in the future of education and actively changing the direction of their own teaching practice and curricula. 47 academics reporting on 28 Australian higher education institutions present an overview of how they have changed directions through the effective use of virtual worlds for diverse teaching and learning activities such as business scenarios and virtual excursions, role-play simulations, experimentation and language development. The case studies offer insights into the ways in which institutions are continuing to change directions in their teaching to meet changing demands for innovative teaching, learning and research in virtual worlds. This paper highlights the ways in which the authors are using virtual worlds to create opportunities for rich, immersive and authentic activities that would be difficult or not possible to achieve through more traditional approaches.
Citation
Gregory, B., Gregory, S., Wood, D., Masters, Y., Hillier, M., Stokes-Thompson, F., Bogdanovych, A., Butler, D., Hay, L., Flintoff, K., Schutt, S., Alderton, R., Stupans, I., Orwin, L.M., Cram, A., Meredith, G., Grenfell, J., Collins, F., Ellis, A., Jacka, L., Larson, I., Fluck, A., Farley, H., Jegathesan, J.J., Linegar, D., McCormick, D., Zagami, J., Campbell, J., Thomas, A., Muldoon, N., Abbas, A., Burnett, I., Scutter, S., Ellis, D., Sinnappan, S., Neville, K., Aitken, A., Simoff, S., Wang, X., Salomon, M., Souter, K., Wadley, G., Jacobson, M., Newstead, A., Hayes, G., Grant, S. & Yusupova, A. (2011). How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?. In Proceedings of ASCILITE - Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Annual Conference 2011 (pp. 475-490). Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Retrieved March 19, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/43587/.