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Identifying an appropriate pedagogy for virtual worlds: A Communal Constructivism case study

Girvan, Carina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5846-3524 and Savage, Timothy 2010. Identifying an appropriate pedagogy for virtual worlds: A Communal Constructivism case study. Computers & Education 55 (1) , pp. 342-349. 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.01.020

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Abstract

As increasing numbers of educators explore the use of virtual worlds for education, there is a need to consider which pedagogical approaches can provide an opportunity to do more than recreate the traditional classroom by leveraging the unique characteristics and potential that the technology can offer. This study identifies Communal Constructivism as a potentially appropriate pedagogy for use in the virtual world Second Life. Five groups of learners took part in a learning experience specifically designed to provide opportunity for the features of Communal Constructivism to emerge through the affordances of the technology. The chat logs, learning artefacts, post-activity semi-structured interviews and researcher’s observations from each of the five groups were analysed to explore participants’ experiences and both the operation and outcome of the pedagogy in action. Findings from the qualitative analysis of the data sets indicate that learners collaboratively constructed knowledge for themselves as a group and for others, as the features of the pedagogy emerged.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Uncontrolled Keywords: Collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Virtual worlds; Teaching/learning strategies
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0360-1315
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2022 08:17
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/52226

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