Experience as an Essential Aspect of Teaching and Learning in a Virtual World

BOUDA, Tomáš. Experience as an Essential Aspect of Teaching and Learning in a Virtual World. In Mark Childs a Greg Withnail. Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds. First Edition. United Kingdom: Inter-disciplinary press, 2013, p. 133-150. Inter-disciplinary press. ISBN 978-1-84888-189-1.

Basic information

• Original name: Experience as an Essential Aspect of Teaching and Learning in a Virtual World
• Name in Czech: Prožitek jako důležitý aspekt vyučování a učení ve virtuálním světě
• Authors: BOUDA, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: First Edition. United Kingdom, Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, p. 133-150, 18 pp. Inter-disciplinary press, 2013.
• Publisher: Inter-disciplinary press

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: Documentation, librarianship, work with information
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/13:00071594
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• ISBN: 978-1-84888-189-1
• Keywords in English: 3D learning experience; 3D virtual learning environment; education; Multi-user virtual environment; immersive world learning; inworld; Second Life; Social- and cognitive-connectedness schemata; sims; teaching; VIAKISK; virtual environment
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The chapter presents main issues which are necessary to deal with during implementation of educational activities within a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE). The first area highlighted is the core essence of a new paradigm of teaching and learning, which correlates with the theory of constructivism and the Social- and cognitive-connectedness schemata (SCCS) proposed by Sontag. Secondly, the author discusses the essential aspects of MUVE, which enhance communication and collaboration activities. Next, the chapter provides an overview of the instructional design of 3D learning experience (3DLE) by Kapp and O`Driscol. Finally, the author introduces the project VIAKISK (Virtual academic campus of library and information studies) that was situated in virtual world Second Life and then moved to Open Simulator. The author describes the process of moving virtual island into another destination and discusses implications of this process.