Virtual City as a Place for Educational and Social Activities

dc.creator	Alexey Gerasimov
dc.creator	Mikhail Morozov
dc.creator	Ekaterina Prasolova-Førland
dc.creator	Mikhail Fominykh
dc.date	2009-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:41Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:41Z
dc.identifier	10.3991/ijet.v4s2.939
dc.identifier	1863-0383
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d99807a80d124a43bc5e6a184600897c
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15444
dc.description	In recent years, virtual worlds have become increasingly popular in education and social life. Using a ‘city’ metaphor, we are developing a 3D virtual world enriched with social and educational tools. This virtual world allows performing a number of activities, such as exploring the city, learning and communicating with its citizens, building a social network. In this paper we report the results of case studies we have performed to explore users’ activities and behavior in a virtual city context. Our goal was to investigate how such a city can facilitate learning and socializing, also in a cross-cultural context. Based on the empirical results, we derive a list of recommendations for a virtual city as a place for social and educational activities.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Universität Kassel
dc.relation	http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/939
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1863-0383
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 4, Iss S2: IMCL2009, Pp 13-18 (2009)
dc.subject	educational
dc.subject	virtual
dc.subject	worlds
dc.subject	collaborative
dc.subject	learning
dc.subject	virtual
dc.subject	city
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Virtual City as a Place for Educational and Social Activities
dc.type	article