MUVE-ing pre-service teachers into the future

Frances Quinn; Helen Doyle; Terry Lyons

MUVE-ing pre-service teachers into the future

Frances Quinn
, Helen Doyle
, Terry Lyons

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This paper discusses our experiences of integrating a Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE) called 'Quest Atlantis' into a pre-service secondary science education unit. The use of educational MUVEs as teaching tools is accelerating, so it is crucial that pre-service teachers develop some expertise with these and related technologies. We outline the processes we followed in embedding 'Quest Atlantis' into the content and assessment of the unit, the results of this initiative and its implications for integrating MUVEs and other ICTs into teacher education programs. Challenges such as limited time and expertise, demands of a busy teaching program, and the need for continuous specialist support need to be overcome for sustainable integration of MUVEs and related technologies into pre-service teacher education. This is particularly important given the potential of preservice teachers as change agents in schools, and the imperatives of the ICT-related National Professional Standards for Teachers and the Australian Curriculum.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012
Editors	M Brown, M Hartnett, T Stewart
Place of Publication	Wellington, New Zealand
Publisher	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Pages	748-755
ISBN (Print)	9780473229894
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

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Educational Technology and Computing
Higher Education
Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy

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Quinn, F, Doyle, H & Lyons, T 2012, MUVE-ing pre-service teachers into the future. in M Brown, M Hartnett & T Stewart (eds), Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), Wellington, New Zealand, pp. 748-755, ASCILITE 2012: 29th annual Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 25/11/12. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11811>

MUVE-ing pre-service teachers into the future. / Quinn, Frances; Doyle, Helen; Lyons, Terry.
Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012. ed. / M Brown; M Hartnett; T Stewart. Wellington, New Zealand: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 2012. p. 748-755.

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