Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

Sue Gregory; Brent Gregory; Mathew Hillier; Lisa Jacka; Stefan Schutt; David Ellis; Frederick Stokes-Thompson; Denise Wood; Yvonne Masters; Helen Farley; Lindy Orwin; Ieva Stupans; Sheila Scutter; Ian Warren; Caroline Steel; Penelope Neuendorf; Matt Bower; Charlynn Miller; Shane Mathews; Des Butler; Merle Hearns; Jaime Garcia; Jay Jay Jegathesan; Ross D Brown; Grant Meredith; Eimear Muir-Cochran; Kim Flintoff; Scott Grant; Clare Atkins; Belma Gaukrodger; Angela Giovanangeli; Karen Le Rossignol; Ian Larson; Andrew Cram; Dale Linegar; Xiangyu Wang; Tracey Muir; Ben Cleland; Edith Paillat; Jenny Grenfell; Lyn Hay; Ning Gu; Anthony Williams; Simeon Simoff; Anton Bogdanovych; Angela McCarthy

Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

Sue Gregory, Brent Gregory, Mathew Hillier, Lisa Jacka, Stefan Schutt, David Ellis, Frederick Stokes-Thompson, Denise Wood, Yvonne Masters, Helen Farley, Lindy Orwin, Ieva Stupans, Sheila Scutter, Ian Warren, Caroline Steel, Penelope Neuendorf, Matt Bower, Charlynn Miller, Shane Mathews, Des ButlerMerle Hearns, Jaime Garcia, Jay Jay Jegathesan, Ross D Brown, Grant Meredith, Eimear Muir-Cochran, Kim Flintoff, Scott Grant, Clare Atkins, Belma Gaukrodger, Angela Giovanangeli, Karen Le Rossignol, Ian Larson, Andrew Cram, Dale Linegar, Xiangyu Wang, Tracey Muir, Ben Cleland, Edith Paillat, Jenny Grenfell, Lyn Hay, Ning Gu, Anthony Williams, Simeon Simoff, Anton Bogdanovych, Angela McCarthy

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Abstract

Virtual worlds (VWs) continue to be used extensively in Australia and New Zealand higher education institutions although the tendency towards making unrealistic claims of efficacy and popularity appears to be over. Some educators at higher education institutions continue to use VWs in the same way as they have done in the past; others are exploring a range of different VWs or using them in new ways; whilst some are opting out altogether. This paper presents an overview of how 46 educators from some 26 institutions see VWs as an opportunity to sustain higher education. The positives and negatives of using VWs are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Annual conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2012
Editors	M Brown, M Hartnett, T Stewart
Place of Publication	Palmerston North New Zealand
Publisher	Massey University
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9780473229894
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2012 - Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand Duration: 25 Nov 2012 → 28 Nov 2012 Conference number: 29th http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/Wellington12/2012/home.html (conference website) http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/Wellington12/2012/images/custom/asclite2012_proceedings.pdf (Conference Proceedings)

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2012
Abbreviated title	ASCILITE 2012
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Wellington
Period	25/11/12 → 28/11/12
Internet address	http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/Wellington12/2012/home.html (conference website) http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/Wellington12/2012/images/custom/asclite2012_proceedings.pdf (Conference Proceedings)

Keywords

OpenSim
Second life
SL
Virtual worlds
Virtual Worlds Working Group
VWWG

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Gregory, S., Gregory, B., Hillier, M., Jacka, L., Schutt, S., Ellis, D., Stokes-Thompson, F., Wood, D., Masters, Y., Farley, H., Orwin, L., Stupans, I., Scutter, S., Warren, I., Steel, C., Neuendorf, P., Bower, M., Miller, C., Mathews, S., ... McCarthy, A. (2012). Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. In M. Brown, M. Hartnett, & T. Stewart (Eds.), Proceedings of the Annual conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2012 Massey University.

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Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. / Gregory, Sue; Gregory, Brent; Hillier, Mathew et al.
Proceedings of the Annual conference of the Australian Society for Computers in Tertiary Education, ASCILITE 2012. ed. / M Brown; M Hartnett; T Stewart. Palmerston North New Zealand: Massey University, 2012.

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