A taxonomy of virtual worlds usage in education

Ishbel Mary Macdonald Duncan; Alan Henry David Miller; Shangyi Jiang

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01263.x

A taxonomy of virtual worlds usage in education

Ishbel Mary Macdonald Duncan, Alan Henry David Miller, Shangyi Jiang

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

Virtual worlds are an important tool in modern education practices as well as providing socialisation, entertainment and a laboratory for collaborative work. This paper focuses on the uses of virtual worlds for education and synthesises over 100 published academic papers, reports and educational websites from around the world. A taxonomy is then derived from these papers, delineating current theoretical and practical work on virtual world usage, specifically in the field of education. The taxonomy identifies rich veins of current research and practice in associated educational theory and in simulated worlds or environments, yet it also demonstrates the paucity of work in important areas such as evaluation, grading and accessibility.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	949-964
Journal	British Journal of Educational Technology
Volume	43
Issue number	6
Early online date	12 Jan 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01263.x
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012

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Vrtual worlds
Education

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