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Multi-User Virtual Environment...
The future success of education depends on technological and pedagogical innov...
The future success of education depends on technological and pedagogical innovation. Unbridled by the physical constraints of both time and space virtual spaces transcend many limitations of the typical classroom where learning depends on presence...
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In the last few years educators have become familiar with the concept of onlin...
In the last few years educators have become familiar with the concept of online education through the use of tools such as Blackboard WebCT and other online course delivery systems. Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic...
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History Humanities and New Tec...
This practical guide is essential for anyone new to or intimidated by online i...
This practical guide is essential for anyone new to or intimidated by online instruction. Drawing on the expertise of teachers of the humanities who have deep experiences in the online environment this work explores a variety of areas within the...
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Virtual Environments and Cultu...
This collection of essays explores a wide range of topics current in the field...
This collection of essays explores a wide range of topics current in the field of ethnographic research including the virtual world of Second Life for virtual cultures and environments assessment of digital codes as a vehicle for demonstrating the...
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Teaching Israel Studies: Globa...
This book presents pedagogical strategies for today s diverse Israel Studies c...
This book presents pedagogical strategies for today s diverse Israel Studies classrooms. It offers Israel-specific innovations for online teaching tested methods for organizing global virtual exchanges that uplift marginalized voices in Israel...
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Pre-Owned Integrating Virtual ...
This text introduces a model of layered literacies as a framework for describi...
This text introduces a model of layered literacies as a framework for describing and illustrating how teachers can help students make meaningful interdisciplinary use of digital tools and negotiate the connection between traditional and virtual spaces.
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Immersive Environments Augment...
Technology has had direct impact on education in increasing the way that socie...
Technology has had direct impact on education in increasing the way that society continues to learn. Applications of immersive environments virtual worlds and augmented reality have significant implications for how teaching and learning are achieved...
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Higher Education in Virtual Wo...
Targeted at educators and researchers wishing to use virtual environments in t...
Targeted at educators and researchers wishing to use virtual environments in their teaching practice this work provides practical advice specifically for educators in higher education. It focuses on the use of Second Life - a free readily-accessible...
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Teaching Literature in Virtual...
What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds a...
What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds as teaching tools for specific literary works? Through engaging and surprising stories from classrooms where virtual worlds are in use this book invites readers to...
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Handbook of Research on Practi...
Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in Virtual Worlds and Environme...
Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in Virtual Worlds and Environments (Volume 1)
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Security in Virtual Worlds 3D ...
Although one finds much discussion and research on the features and functional...
Although one finds much discussion and research on the features and functionality of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) the 3D Web Immersive Environments (e.g. MMORPGs) and Virtual Worlds in both scholarly and popular publications very little is...
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Information Systems Engineerin...
Fuzzy Logic Approaches to Sustainable Virtual Worlds explores how computationa...
Fuzzy Logic Approaches to Sustainable Virtual Worlds explores how computational intelligence can shape digital societies through sustainability-driven design. By merging fuzzy logic models with ecological and ethical frameworks the book presents...
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Teaching Literature in the Wor...
Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom presents a five-stage meth...
Teaching Literature in the World Language Classroom presents a five-stage methodology for teaching literature in language curriculum that repurposes Bloom s original and revised taxonomy to promote the language acquisition process and spark other...
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Approaches to Teaching World L...
Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarel...
Once merely a footnote in Restoration and eighteenth-century studies and rarely taught Oroonoko; or The Royal Slave (1688) by Aphra Behn is now essential reading for scholars and a classroom favorite. It appears in general surveys and in courses on...
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Second Life as a Virtual Playg...
This insightful book offers language teachers and teachers in training the opp...
This insightful book offers language teachers and teachers in training the opportunity to delve into 3D virtual worlds and see the benefits they provide for effective language teaching. Based on a decade of experience teaching and researching in...
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