Understanding Project-Based Learning in Second Life with a Pedagogy, Training, and Assessment Trio

Leslie Jarmon; Tomoko Traphagan; Michael Mayrath

Educational Media International Vol. 45, No. 3 (September 2008) pp. 157–176

This paper presents an empirical study of how Second Life (SL) was utilized for a highly successful project-based graduate interdisciplinary communication course. Researchers found that an integrated threefold approach emphasizing project-based...

Virtual world teaching, experiential learning, and assessment: An interdisciplinary communication course in Second Life

Leslie Jarmon; Tomoko Traphagan; Michael Mayrath; Avani Trivedi

Computers & Education Vol. 53, No. 1 (August 2009) pp. 169–182

While many reports espouse the potential impact that 3-D virtual worlds are expected to have on teaching and learning in higher education in a few years, there are few empirical studies that inform instructional design and learning assessment in...

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Teaching with Virtual Worlds: Factors to Consider for Instructional Use of Second Life

Michael C. Mayrath; Tomoko Traphagan; Leslie Jarmon; Avani Trivedi; Paul Resta

Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 43, No. 4 (2010) pp. 403–444

Substantial evidence now supports pedagogical applications of virtual worlds; however, most research supporting virtual worlds for education has been conducted using researcher-developed Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVE). Second Life (SL) is a...