Curtin University Homepage
  • Library
  • Help
    • Admin

    espace - Curtin’s institutional repository

    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
    View Item 
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item
    • espace Home
    • espace
    • Curtin Research Publications
    • View Item

    Australian higher education institutions transforming the future of teaching and learning through 3D virtual worlds

    245069_245069.pdf (351.8Kb)
    Access Status
    Open access
    Authors
    Gregory, S.
    Gregory, B.
    Campbell, M.
    Farley, H.
    Sinnappan, S.
    Kennedy-Clark, S.
    Craven, D.
    Murdoch, D.
    Lee, M.
    Wood, D.
    Grenfell, J.
    Thomas, A.
    Smith, K.
    Warren, I.
    Dreher, Heinz
    McKeown, L.
    Ellis, A.
    Hillier, M.
    Pace, S.
    Cram, A.
    Hay, L.
    Grant, S.
    Matthews, C.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Gregory, S. and Gregory, B. and Campbell, M. and Farley, H. and Sinnappan, S. and Kennedy-Clark, S. and Craven, D. et al. 2010. Australian higher education institutions transforming the future of teaching and learning through 3D virtual worlds, in Prof. M. Keppell, Dr C. Steel, S. Housego and P. Gerbic (ed), The 27th Annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Dec 5 2010, pp. 399-415. Brighton-le-Sands, NSW: The University of Queensland.
    Source Title
    Proceedings of the 27th annual Australasian Society for Computer in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
    Source Conference
    The 27th Annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
    Additional URLs
    http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/hosts.htm
    ISBN
    9781742720197
    School
    School of Information Systems
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32420
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    What are educators' motivations for using virtual worlds with their students? Are they using them to support the teaching of professions and if this is the case, do they introduce virtual worlds into the curriculum to develop and/or expand students' professional learning networks? Are they using virtual worlds to transform their teaching and learning? In recognition of the exciting opportunities that virtual worlds present for higher education, the DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group was formed. It is made up of Australian university academics who are investigating the role that virtual worlds will play in the future of education and actively implementing the technology within their own teaching practice and curricula. This paper presents a typology for teaching and learning in 3D virtual worlds and applies the typology to a series of case studies based on the ways in which academics and their institutions are exploiting the power of virtual worlds for diverse purposes ranging from business scenarios and virtual excursions to role-play, experimentation and language development. The case studies offer insight into the ways in which institutions are transforming their teaching for an unknown future through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds. The paper demonstrates how virtual worlds enable low cost alternatives to existing pedagogies as well as creating opportunities for rich, immersive and authentic activities that would otherwise not be feasible or maybe not even be possible. Through the use of virtual worlds, teaching and learning can be transformed to cater for an unknown future.

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Rhetoric and reality: Critical perspective on education in a 3D virtual world
      Gregory, S.; Butler, D.; de Freitas, S.; Jacka, L.; Crowther, P.; Reiners, Torsten; Grant, S.; Meredith, G.; Zagami, J.; Schutt, S.; Rive, P.; Gregory, B.; Pasfield-Neofitou, S.; Farley, H.; Stokes-Thompson, F.; Atkins, C.; Wood, Lincoln; Campbell, C.; Steel, C.; Sukunesan, S.; Le Rossignol, K.; Wang, Xiangyu; Wood, D.; Hearns, M.; Warren, I.; Cox, R.; McDonald, M.; Sim, J.; Hillier, M.; Jegathesan, J.; Gaukrodger, B.; Hill, M. (2014)
      The emergence of any new educational technology is often accompanied by inflated expectations about its potential for transforming pedagogical practice and improving student learning outcomes. A critique of the rhetoric ...
    • How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?
      Gregory, B.; Gregory, S.; Wood, D.; Masters, Y.; Hillier, M.; Stokes-Thompson, F.; Bogdanovych, A.; Butler, D.; Hay, L.; Jegathesan, J.; Flintoff, Kim; Schutt, S.; Linegar, D.; Alderton, R.; Cram, A.; Stupans, I.; Orwin, L.; Meredith, G.; Mccormick, D.; Collins, F.; Grenfell, J.; Zagami, J.; Ellis, A.; Jacka, L.; Campbell, J.; Larson, I.; Fluck, A.; Thomas, A.; Farley, H.; Muldoon, N.; Abbas, A.; Sinnappan, S.; Neville, K.; Burnett, I.; Aitken, Ashley; Simoff, S.; Scutter, S.; Wang, X.; Souter, K.; Ellis, D.; Salomon, M.; Wadley, G.; Jacobson, M.; Newstead, A.; Hayes, G.; Grant, S.; Yusupova, A. (2011)
      Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at the forefront of many higher education institutions around the world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting of Australian and ...
    • How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds?
      Gregory, B.; Masters, Y.; Bogdanovych, A.; Jegathesan, J.; Linegar, D.; Stupans, I.; McCormick, D.; Zagami, J.; Campbell, J.; Thomas, A.; Abbas, A.; Burnett, I.; Scutter, S.; Ellis, D.; Jacobson, M.; Grant, S.; Gregory, S.; Hillier, M.; Butler, D.; Flintoff, Kim; Alderton, R.; Orwin, L.; Collins, F.; Ellis, A.; Larson, I.; Farley, H.; Sinnappan, S.; Aitken, Ashley; Wang, Xiangyu; Salomon, M.; Newstead, A.; Yusupova, A.; Wood, D.; Stokes--Thompson, F.; Hay, L.; Schutt, S.; Cram, A.; Meredith, G.; Grenfell, J.; Jacka, L.; Fluck, A.; Muldoon, N.; Neville, K.; Simoff, S.; Souter, K.; Wadley, G.; Hayes, G. (2011)
      Over the past decade, teaching and learning in virtual worlds has been at the forefront of many higher education institutions around the world. The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group (VWWG) consisting of Australian and ...
    Advanced search

    Browse

    Communities & CollectionsIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument TypeThis CollectionIssue DateAuthorTitleSubjectDocument Type

    My Account

    Admin

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Follow Curtin

    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 
    • 

    CRICOS Provider Code: 00301JABN: 99 143 842 569TEQSA: PRV12158

    Copyright | Disclaimer | Privacy statement | Accessibility

    Curtin would like to pay respect to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members of our community by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which the Perth campus is located, the Whadjuk people of the Nyungar Nation; and on our Kalgoorlie campus, the Wongutha people of the North-Eastern Goldfields.