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Virtual worlds as pedagogical places: experiences of higher education academics
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posted on 2016-03-01, 00:00 authored by Leah IrvingThis thesis explores how academics in higher education experience virtual worlds as pedagogical places. Using the virtual world Second Life™ as a lens, I examine the changing nature of embodiment, pedagogy and place for academics and the significance these changes have for academic identity and practices.
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xvi, 367 pages : tables, colour illustrations.Open access
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