From Multi-User Virtual Environment to 3D Virtual Learning Environment

dc.creator	Daniel Livingstone
dc.creator	Jeremy Kemp
dc.creator	Edmund Edgar
dc.date	2008-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:21:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:21:47Z
dc.identifier	10.3402/rlt.v16i3.10893
dc.identifier	2156-7069
dc.identifier	2156-7077
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/b95d4a68166a46f1a0cf8a4b2d10d74b
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/20494
dc.description	While digital virtual worlds have been used in education for a number of years, advances in the capabilities and spread of technology have fed a recent boom in interest in massively multi-user 3D virtual worlds for entertainment, and this in turn has led to a surge of interest in their educational applications. In this paper we briefly review the use of virtual worlds for education, from informal learning to formal instruction, and consider what is required to turn a virtual world from a Multi-User Virtual Environment into a fully fledged 3D Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). In this we focus on the development of Sloodle – a system which integrates the popular 3D virtual world of Second Life with the open-source VLE Moodle. Our intent is not simply to provide additional learning support features for Second Life, but to study more generally the ways in which integrated virtual environments can benefit teaching and learning, and this is the focus of our closing discussion.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10893
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7069
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2156-7077
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	Research in Learning Technology, Vol 16, Iss 3 (2008)
dc.subject	Multi-User Virtual Environments
dc.subject	Virtual Learning Environments
dc.subject	gamebased learning
dc.subject	Second Life
dc.subject	Immersive Virtual Worlds
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	From Multi-User Virtual Environment to 3D Virtual Learning Environment
dc.type	article