Virtual Worlds and Language Teaching:
Real Ideas for a Virtual Classroom
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Welcome!
This wiki was created for for those participating in the pre-conference workshop on Virtual Worlds at the CALICO 2008 conference in San Francisco.
If you look at the sidebar tab on the right side of the page you will find links to pages for each section of the workshop. In addition, you'll find some useful background readings and links below.
Background Information
The links and readings below may be useful for you to look at before the workshop
Brown, B, & Bell, M. (2004). CSCU at play: "There" as a collaborative virtual environment.
Dede et. al. (2005). Design-based research strategies for studying situated learning in a multi-user Virtual Environment.
Dickey, M. (2005). Three-dimensional virtual worlds and distance learning: two case studies of Active Worlds as a medium for distance education.
Steinkuehler, C. (2004). Learning in massively multiplayer online games.
Taylor, T.L. (1999). Life in Virtual Worlds: Plural existence, multimodalities, and other online research challenges.
Some General Links--just in case you get lost!
Second Life Website:
http://www.secondlife.com
Direct link to new account sign-up
https://secure-web22.secondlife.com/join/
SLURL to Randall's SL house on EduNation (have SL open, click on this link, click "teleport now" on the new page that comes up. Then switch to the SL program and use the teleport link that came up!)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation/92/235/23
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