Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

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

Sustaining the future through virtual worlds

Sue Gregory
, Brent Gregory
, Lindy Orwin
, Ieva Stupans
, Shiela Scutter
, Ian Warren
, Caroline Steel
, Penny Neundorf
, Matt Bower
, Charlynn Miller
, Shane Mathews
, Des Butler
, Mathew Hillier
, Merle Hearns
, Jaime Garcia
, Jay Jay Jegathesan
, Ross Brown
, Grant Meredith
, Eimear Muir-Cochran
, Kim Flintoff

Scott Grant, Clare Atkins, Belma Gaukrodger, Lisa Jacka, Angela Giovanangeli, Karen Le Rossignol, Ian Larson, Andrew Cram, Dale Linegar, Xiangyu Wang, Tracey Muir, Ben Cleland, Edith Paillat, Jenny Grenfell, Stefan Schutt, Lyn Hay, Ning Gu, Anthony Williams, Simeon Simoff, Anton Bogdanovych, Angela McCarthy, David Ellis, Frederick Stokes-Thompson, Denise Wood, Yvonne Masters, Helen Farley

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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	Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012
Editors	M Brown, M Hartnett, T Stewart
Place of Publication	Australia
Publisher	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
Pages	361-368
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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Higher Education
Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
Educational Technology and Computing

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Gregory, S., Gregory, B., Orwin, L., Stupans, I., Scutter, S., Warren, I., Steel, C., Neundorf, P., Bower, M., Miller, C., Mathews, S., Butler, D., Hillier, M., Hearns, M., Garcia, J., Jegathesan, J. J., Brown, R., Meredith, G., Muir-Cochran, E., ... Farley, H. (2012). Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. In M. Brown, M. Hartnett, & T. Stewart (Eds.), Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012 (pp. 361-368). Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). http://www.ascilite.org/conferences/Wellington12/2012/images/custom/gregory%2c_sue_-_sustaining.pdf

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Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. / Gregory, Sue; Gregory, Brent; Orwin, Lindy et al.
Future challenges, sustainable futures: Proceedings of ascilite Wellington 2012. ed. / M Brown; M Hartnett; T Stewart. Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE), 2012. p. 361-368.

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