An Informal Community of Practice: The Case of the DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group

Helen Farley; Sue Gregory; Scott Grant; Des Butler; Lisa Jacka; Lindy Orwin; Janice Jones

Abstract

The DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group has an informal membership of nearly 200 members with an interest in education and virtual worlds within the Australian and New Zealand context. Members come from a variety of academic disciplines and may be teaching or research academics, Research Higher Degree candidates, project managers, virtual world builders and developers. The group acts as an informal Community of Practice, facilitating learning and the transfer of skills through social contact, opportunities to collaborate on projects and publications, and through the sharing of knowledge and experience. This poster provides a snapshot of the activity of this highly active group.

Original language	English
Pages	304-306
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	ASCILITE 2012: 29th annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education conference - Wellington, New Zealand Duration: 25 Nov 2012 → 28 Nov 2012

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Conference	ASCILITE 2012: 29th annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education conference
City	Wellington, New Zealand
Period	25/11/12 → 28/11/12

Keywords

Educational Technology and Computing
Higher Education

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