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Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

Gregory, Susan, Gregory, Brent, Hillier, Mathew, Jacka, Lisa, Farley, Helen, Stokes-Thompson, Frederick, Masters, Yvonne, Orwin, Lindy, Stupans, Ieva, Scutter, Sheila, Warren, Ian, Steel, Caroline, Neuendorf, Penelope, Bower, Matt, Miller, Charlynn, Butler, Desmond A., Hearns, Merle, Mathews, Shane, Wood, Denise, Garcia, Jaime, Jegathesan, Jay Jay, Brown, Ross A., Meredith, Grant, Ellis, David, Muir-Cochran, Eimear, Flintoff, Kim, Grant, Scott, Atkins, Clare, Gaukrodger, Belma, Giovanangeli, Angela, Le Rossignol, Karen, Schutt, Stefan, Larson, Ian, Cram, Andrew, Linegar, Dale, Wang, Xiangyu, Muir, Tracey, Cleland, Ben, Paillat, Edith, Grenfell, Jenny, Hay, Lyn, Gu, Ning, Williams, Anthony, Simoff, Simeon, Bogdanovych, Anton, & McCarthy, Angela (2012) Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. In Annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education Conference (ASCILITE 2012), 25-28 November 2012, Wellington, New Zealand. (In Press)

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    Virtual worlds continue to be used in Australia and New Zealand higher education institutions although the hype has settled. Whilst some higher education institutions continue to use virtual worlds as they have done for some time, other institutions are trialing different virtual worlds and some are opting out altogether. An overview of how 46 authors from 28 institutions see virtual worlds as an opportunity to sustain the future of higher education is presented. The positives and negatives of using virtual worlds are discussed.

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    ID Code: 53959
    Item Type: Conference Paper
    Keywords: virtual worlds, Virtual Worlds Working Group, VWWG, Second Life, SL, OpenSim
    Subjects: Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES (080000) > ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND IMAGE PROCESSING (080100) > Virtual Reality and Related Simulation (080111)
    Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES (080000) > DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (080500) > Distributed and Grid Systems (080501)
    Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES (080000) > INFORMATION SYSTEMS (080600) > Computer-Human Interaction (080602)
    Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > EDUCATION (130000) > EDUCATION SYSTEMS (130100) > Technical Further and Workplace Education (130108)
    Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > EDUCATION (130000) > EDUCATION SYSTEMS (130100) > Education Systems not elsewhere classified (130199)
    Divisions: Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > QUT Business School
    Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Faculty of Law
    Current > Schools > School of Information Systems
    Current > QUT Faculties and Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty
    Current > Schools > School of Law
    Current > Schools > School of Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations
    Copyright Owner: Copyright 2012 Please consult the authors.
    Deposited On: 03 Oct 2012 11:50
    Last Modified: 04 Feb 2013 13:36

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