The Educators Coop Experience in Second Life: A Model for Collaboration

dc.creator	Leslie Jarmon
dc.creator	Joe Sanchez
dc.date	2008-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:45Z
dc.identifier	1948-075X
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/d96ab8a5a5054b4f8ae497bfb5e22bbb
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15484
dc.description	The use of 3-D virtual world communities as collaboration platforms warrants further research. This paper examines collaboration among educators and the research design experience in Second Life (SL) based on one model case, the Educators Coop Residential Community, whose goal is to provide educators and researchers from multiple academic disciplines with a unique virtual residential environment from which to begin exploring, collaborating, teaching, and conducting research more productively. Early results suggest that the residents have begun to collaborate effectively and rapidly. The model being tested here and the lessons learned from the Educators Coop could be relevant for other new and existing organizations as they enter and try to cultivate learning communities in 3-D virtual worlds. As virtual worlds become more mainstream and as the underlying technology becomes more transparent, the allure of connecting geospatially-distant learners and teachers will attract organizations across sectors including educational, corporate, public, and nonprofit institutions. In-depth long-term research is needed to understand how educators and institutions navigate the transition into virtual worlds and how individuals and groups come together to form virtual learning communities.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Kent State University
dc.relation	http://www.rcetj.org/index.php/rcetj/article/view/25/32
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1948-075X
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 66-82 (2008)
dc.subject	Virtual Worlds
dc.subject	Collaboration
dc.subject	Second Life
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
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	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	The Educators Coop Experience in Second Life: A Model for Collaboration
dc.type	article