AVW Member Author Charles Wankel–Higher Education in Virtual Worlds

Higher Education in Virtual Worlds: Teaching & Learning in Second Life, eds. Charles Wankel, St. John’s University, New York, and Jan Kingsley, ASPEL. Emerald, November 2009. ISBN: 1849506094. Available on Amazon.com .

This compendium of clear, applicable, cutting-edge reports from practitioners and academics with effective learning activities using the Second Life virtual world platform shows how to sidestep barriers and move to effective educational application of this engaging technology.

• Overcoming the Entry Barriers to Second Life in Higher Education
• Communication Challenges and Opportunities for Educators Using Second Life
• Inclusion benefits and barriers of “once-removed” participation
• Opportunities and Challenges for Business Education in Second Life
• Virtual Worlds and Business Schools – The Case of INSEAD
• Instructor-Student Relationships in Second Life
• Cross-World Branding – Case Study of a Second Life Marketing Project
• Literary Analysis as Serious Play in Second Life
• Second Life as a Context for Design Learning
• Using Role-Play in Second Life for Performance Appraisal
• Using Second Life at The Open University for Staff and Student Learning
• Aging, Lifelong Learning, and the Virtual World of Second Life

This book is written by a respected AVW member and I’m delighted to post it on the AVW Blog for all our members.

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