Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching

Virtual worlds are an emerging technology with rich social, commercial and pedagogical applications. They are particularly popular with youth and young adults. This presents today's educators with the challenge of keeping pace with the learners of tomorrow. Do we need a new pedagogical model to...

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Main Authors: Reiners, Torsten, Dreher, Carl, Dreher, Heinz
Other Authors: Curtis J Bonk
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education 2008
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Online Access:http://www.aace.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4223
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description Virtual worlds are an emerging technology with rich social, commercial and pedagogical applications. They are particularly popular with youth and young adults. This presents today's educators with the challenge of keeping pace with the learners of tomorrow. Do we need a new pedagogical model to integrate virtual worlds in the curriculum? Do we still need a real classroom? We would like to discuss issues such as these at a round table with academics who are interested in emerging technologies. Furthermore, the discussion will be a forum to exchange current projects and interests, and therewith, opportunities to establish research partnerships.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-42232022-11-21T05:19:39Z Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching Reiners, Torsten Dreher, Carl Dreher, Heinz Curtis J Bonk Mimi Miyong Lee Tom Reynolds classrooms students technology educators learning research virtual wolds Virtual worlds are an emerging technology with rich social, commercial and pedagogical applications. They are particularly popular with youth and young adults. This presents today's educators with the challenge of keeping pace with the learners of tomorrow. Do we need a new pedagogical model to integrate virtual worlds in the curriculum? Do we still need a real classroom? We would like to discuss issues such as these at a round table with academics who are interested in emerging technologies. Furthermore, the discussion will be a forum to exchange current projects and interests, and therewith, opportunities to establish research partnerships. 2008 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4223 http://www.aace.org/ Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education fulltext
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Reiners, Torsten
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Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching
title Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching
title_full Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching
title_fullStr Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching
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title_short Classrooms of the future, incorporating virtual worlds a round table to explore new ways of teaching
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technology
educators
learning
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url http://www.aace.org/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4223