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ERIC Number: EJ842355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1552-3233
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MUVEs and Experiential Learning: Some Examples
Weusijana, Baba Kofi; Svihla, Vanessa; Gawel, Drue; Bransford, John
Innovate: Journal of Online Education, v5 n5 Jun-Jul 2009
Multiuser virtual environments (MUVEs) like Second Life present unparalleled opportunities to help students connect knowledge by description to knowledge by experience; in a MUVE, students can experience phenomena rather than only reading about them. Baba Kofi Weusijana, Vanessa Svihla, Drue Gawel, and John Bransford describe their use of a maze constructed in Second Life to help students experience firsthand the phenomena described in their educational psychology course. Their use of Second Life is particularly notable in its use of MUVE-based movies and other strategies to leverage Second Life's interactive powers for exploration despite restricted access to technology. The examples they present can hopefully lead to new designs and uses of virtual environments that allow students to experience relevant phenomena and enable researchers to conduct additional experiments of virtual, experience-rich additions to traditional ways to teach and learn. (Contains 8 exhibits and 3 figures.)
Fischler School of Education and Human Services. Nova Southeastern University, 1750 NE 167th Street, North Miami Beach, FL 33162. Tel: 800-986-3223; e-mail: innovate@nova.edu; Web site: http://innovateonline.info
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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