Appendix AWeb Sites for Discovering Virtual Worlds

VirtualEnvironments.Info

This site offers informationon a number of virtualworlds as well asinformation on educationand research currentlygoing on with virtualenvironments.

http://www.virtualenvironments.info/

RezEd A community designed todiscuss anything related tolearning and virtualworlds. They featureinter-related podcasts, briefbest practices, digitalresources in the library,and featured blog postsand discussions.

http://www.rezed.org/

Second Lifein Education

This site mainly focuses onusing Second Life ineducation but it also hassome information on othervirtual worlds designed foreducation.

http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/virtualworlds

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Author Index

AAbell, S. K., 57Abelson, J., 55Ahlers, R., 129–130Ahlfeldt, S., 100Aldrich, C., 44–45Allen, E. I., 18Alter, A., 20Anderson, J. R., 92Anderson, L., 59Anderson, T., 83–84Andre, T., 126Annetta, L., 38Annetta, L. A., 60, 63, 75, 78–79, 83–84, 99,

109–110, 115, 118Appel, J., 43, 154–155, 161–162Archer, W., 83Armstrong, L., 10Ates, M., 67Atkinson, P., 133, 136Aubert, J., 2Avouris, N., 147

BBaddeley, A., 116–117Baggaley, J., 74Bainbridge, W., 104Bakas, C., 60Bannister, D., 144Barab, S., 130Barab, S. A., 133Barfield, W., 84Barone, C. A., 75Barton, L., 88Bayard, B., 67Bebeau, M. J., 88Beck, J. C., 20, 28Bedford, C., 156, 162–163Beerer, K., 137

Begg, M., 30Beishuizen, J. J., 147Belanich, J., 67Belmont, M., 97Belmont, M. J., 145Benford, S., 83Bernard, R. M., 125Bichelmeyer, B., 137Bielaczyc, K., 133Biocca, F., 84Bishop, R., 87Blanchard, A., 90, 93Blascovich, J., 85–86Blizzard, E., 47Bodemer, D., 109, 117Bodzin, A., 137Bok, D., 33Bonk, C. J., 90Bos, N. D., 25Bower, B., 167Bowman, C., 98, 104Bowman, R. F., 117Boyle, C. F., 92Brabeck, M., 63Branigan, C., 8Bransford, J. D., 110, 115Brant, G., 126Braswell, R., 52–53Brewster, C., 97–98Broache, A., 33Brophy, J. E., 57Brophy, S. P., 133Brown, A., 130Brown, A. L., 110Brown, D., 154, 164Brown, J. S., 100Bruchmuller, K., 109Bruner, J., 167Bunge, S. A., 117

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176 Author Index

Burden, D., 161Butterworth, B., 92Bybee, R. W., 5–6Byrne, D. F., 87

CCafarella, R. S., 112Cairncross, F., 10Carlsen, D. D., 126Carlson, S., 29Carpenter, P. A., 117Carr-Chellman, A., 36–37, 39–40Carter, C., 163–164Cartmill, J. A., 25Cavanaugh, J., 167–168Chang, J., 89Chang, S. H. H., 77Chapman, E., 145Chauvin, E., 146Chepya, P., 86, 90Childress, M., 52–53Chittleborough, G., 109Chizmar, J. F., 11Christenson, S., 146Christophel, D. M., 89Chudowsky, N., 146Clark, R. E., 166–167Clarke, J., 98, 100–101, 104, 147Cobb, P., 130, 133Cobb, S., 154Cochrane, K., 156Cocking, R. R., 110Coffey, A., 133, 136Collins, A., 133Confrey, J., 130, 133Connell, J. P., 145Cook, M. B., 110–111Cook, M. P., 115Cooper, M., 79Cornell, R., 11Cosman, P. H., 25Cregan, P. C., 25Creswell, J. W., 133Cromby, J., 164Crooks, S., 116Csikszentmihalyi, M., 98, 118Cukier, J., 10, 12Cunningham, D. J., 90

DDailey-Hebert, A., 167de Castell, S., 25de Freitas, S., 25

Dede, C., 4–5, 19, 22, 26, 90, 98, 100,104–105, 140, 147

del Valle, R., 89Delquadri, J., 146deSessa, A., 130, 133Deubel, P., 114Dev, P., 97–98Dewey, J., 30, 87–88, 90Dewhurst, D., 30Dibiase, D., 8Dickey, M., 60–62, 79Dickey, M. D., 99Dierking, L. D., 130Dieterle, E., 100–101, 105Dillon, R. F., 117Dondi, C., 130–131Donnelli-Sallee, E., 167Donnelly, A., 79Draper, S. W., 113Driskell, J. E., 129–130Duchastel, P., 36–37, 39–40Duclos, K., 155, 157–160Duffy, T. M., 89Dugdale, J., 25Duguid, S., 100Dumas, J. S., 137Dunn, S., 8Dwyer, C. A., 125Dziuban, C., 167

EEastin, M., 90Eck, R. V., 25–26Edelson, D. C., 116Ellett, C. D., 146Engestrom, Y., 117Erickson, F., 133, 136Ericsson, K. A., 137

FFager, J., 97–98Falchi, J., 36Falk, J. H., 130Faser, B. J., 20Fauconier, G., 118Feldman, L., 156Feng, M., 147Ferreira, J. M., 79Festinger, L., 91Foehr, U. G., 20Foreman, J., 12, 57, 79Forman, G., 110Foster, A., 51Francis, R., 106

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Fransella, F., 144Friedman, T. L., 2, 20Fromme, J., 68Fuchs, B., 6Fung, Y. Y. H., 90Furlong, J., 88

GGabrieli, J. D. E., 117Gaimari, R., 147Galinsky, A. D., 88Gallant, L. M., 145Garfinkel, H., 117Garris, R., 129–130Garrison, D., 83Garrison, D. R., 11, 84Gay, G., 87Gee, J., 25, 29–31, 44, 59, 61Gee, J. P., 21, 78, 99, 105, 117, 119, 144Gee, P. J., 44–45, 47, 52, 54Geertz, C., 143Gentner, D., 114Gibson, J. J., 117Glaser, R., 146Goodman, B., 147Gordin, D., 116Gorham, J., 11Gravier, F., 67Greenhalgh, C., 83Greeno, J. G., 117Greenwood, C. R., 146Griffiths, M., 25Guba, E., 136–137Gumperz, J. J., 144Gunawardena, C., 76, 84, 89–90Guthrie, J. T., 145Gutmann, M. L., 133Guzdial, M., 78, 114

HHackathorn, E., 156Hacker, S., 109Hackman, M. Z., 11Hadar, U., 92Hairston, R., 62Hall, A., 87Hall, G. E., 126Halliday, M. A. K., 144Halverson, R., 25, 44Hannafin, M. J., 134Hanson, W. E., 133Hara, N., 80Harmon, A., 25Hartman, J., 167–168

Hawkins, B. L., 75Hay, K. E., 78, 114Healy, J., 19Heck, S., 126Hedberg, J., 111Heffernan, N. T., 147Hegarty, M., 117Helmer, J., 155Hendrix, C., 84Herdman, C. M., 117Herron, S., 62Hetherington, L., 155Hickey, D., 97–98Hmelo, C., 25Hofstein, A., 67Hollands, J., 138Hollerman, F., 9Holmberg, B., 12Holmes, S., 78, 83–85, 99, 118Hooper, E., 126Howell, S. L., 80Hoyt, C., 85–86Huberman, A. M., 140Hughes, C. E., 25Hulshof, C. D., 147Hundhausen, C., 147Hurd, S., 11Hutcheson, T. D., 117Hutchins, E., 117, 143

JJackson, M., 8Jacobsen, R. B., 117Jenkins, H., 5, 19, 106Jenson, J., 25Johnson, S., 116Jones, D., 89Jones, R., 8Jones, R. M., 4Jones, S., 19, 22, 68, 86Joseph, D., 133Just, M. A., 117

KKamel Boulos, M., 155–156, 161, 163–164Kamel Boulous, M., 156, 158, 161Katz, R. N., 86, 93Kearney, P., 89Kearsley, G., 37–38, 74Kemp, J., 155–156, 158, 162, 164Kennerly, D., 147Ketelhut, D., 98, 139Ketelhut, D. J., 104Kiesler, S., 11

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Kiili, K., 66, 119Kinm, T., 84Kling, R., 80Klingberg, T., 117Klopfer, E., 20Kohn, A., 98Kolodner, J. L., 114Komis, V., 147Korte, S., 5, 19Kozma, R. B., 4, 8, 166–167Kress, G., 144Kurtz, K. J., 114

LLadson-Billings, G., 87Laie, C., 77–78Lardon, J., 67Lave, J., 100, 117–118Lawless, D., 91Lawrence, T., 62LeCompte, M. D., 133, 136Lederman, M., 73Lederman, N. G., 57Lee, A., 62Lehrer, R., 130, 133Lei, J., 77–78Lester, J., 155Levy, F., 4Lim, C. P., 111, 115Lincoln, Y., 136–137Lindsay, N. K., 80Linton, F., 147Livingstone, D., 156, 158, 162, 164Lopez-Nores, M., 17Loucks, S. F., 126Lowe, R. K., 109, 116–117Lucas, T., 87Lumsden, L., 97–98Lunetta, V. N., 67

MMa, J., 67Macedonia, M., 25Macleod, H., 30Maguire, L., 167MaKinster, J. G., 133Mama, R. S., 89Mamialo, T. L., 109Mandernach, J., 167–168March, T., 113Margaritis, M., 147Markus, U., 92–93Martin, C. J., 25Mason, H., 156, 163–164

Mason, R., 11Matthews, T., 168–169Mayer, R. E., 109–111, 116–117McIsaac, M., 78, 84, 89McLellan, H., 112–113McNeill, D., 92Merisotis, J., 125Merriam, S. B., 112Miao, C., 114Miettinen, R., 117Miles, M. M., 140Miles, S., 88Millroy, W., 133, 136Minogue, J., 134, 138Minsky, M., 84Mitchell, A., 111, 115Moore, J. G., 76Moore, J. L., 117Moore, M., 37–38Moore, M. G., 74Moreno, R., 116–117Moretti, M., 130Morris, B. A., 25Moshell, J. M., 25Moskal, P., 167Moskowitz, G. B., 88Moulder, S., 33Moutahir, M., 156, 163–164Muirhead, B., 11Mullin, S., 39Murnane, R. J., 4

NNamioka, A., 137Nathan, M., 166Neal, L., 57, 79Neale, H., 154, 163–164Nelson, B., 98, 104Nelson, R., 5, 19Newcomb, T., 91Newell, A., 116Ng, K., 9Ng, M., 145Nickerson, J., 67Nilles, J., 104Nonis, D., 111Norman, D. A., 113

OO’Connor, C., 80Oblinger, D., 75Oblinger, D. G., 25Orvis, K. L., 67

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Overmars, M., 57, 62Owensby, J. N., 114

PPaas, F., 109, 116–117Paivio, A., 117Pallamin, N., 25Parker, A., 11Parker, G. D., 8Pattillo, G., 167–168Pavard, B., 25Payne, D. G., 125Pazos-Arias, J. J., 17Pea, R., 116Pellegrino, J. W., 146Pepitone, A., 91Perraton, H., 7Phillips, J. L., 110Piaget, J., 87, 110, 115Picciano, A., 89Pickar, G., 168Pilke, E. M., 119Pindar, K., 11Pintrich, P., 59–61Plano Clark, V. L., 133Plax, T. G., 89Ploetzner, R., 109, 116Pokrajac, N., 59, 110Porter, E. C., 92Preissle, J., 133, 136Prensky, M., 57, 79, 105Presby, L., 126Price, F., 25Przybylski, A., 99Pufall, P., 110Pycock, J., 83–84

QQuintana, C., 137

RRadic, K., 59, 110Rafaeli, S., 93Rahm, D., 9Randel, J. M., 25Randolph, R., 125Redish, J. C., 137Reed, B. J., 9Reid, J., 89Reiffers, J., 2Rejeski, D., 57, 79Renkl, A., 116Richardson, J., 78Richardson, J. C., 83, 85, 87, 89–90

Rieber, L. P., 109, 117Rigby, C. S., 99Riley, R., 9Robbins, S., 163Roberts, L., 9Robinson, C., 166Rodden, T., 83–84Rodriguez, J. I., 89Romiszowski, A. J., 11Ross, H., 147Roth, M. W., 91Roth, W. -M., 91Rourke, L., 83, 89Roush, W., 154–156, 160–161, 164Rovai, A. P., 78, 89–90Rule, J. T., 88Rumble, G., 8Ruth, S., 168Ryan, M. L., 112Ryan, R. M., 99Ryle, G., 106

SSaba, F., 18, 32Sadowski, W., 85Savill-Smith, C., 111, 115Scarafiotti, C., 41Sceiford, E., 80Schauble, L., 130, 133Scheckler, R., 133Schneid, T., 168Schrier, K., 105Schuler, D., 137Schultz, M., 110–111, 115Schutte, J. G., 89Seaman, J., 18Sellnow, T., 100Selman, R. L., 87–88Serdiukov, P., 35Seufert, T., 109Seydim, A. Y., 147Shaffer, D., 44, 53–55Shaffer, D. W., 25–26Shah, P., 117Shami, N. S., 25Shulman, J., 63Shymansky, J., 38Shymansky, J. A., 78Sible, J. C., 73Siemens, G., 39–40, 42Simon, H. A., 116, 137Singer, M., 118Skinner, E., 97

180 Author Index

Skinner, E. A., 145Smith, R. A., 77Soderberg, D. W., 25Soloway, E., 78Sproull, L., 11Squire, K., 44, 54, 130Squire, K. D., 126Squire, K. H., 106Squire, K. R., 25Srinivasan, S., 116Standen, P., 164Stanney, K. M., 85Steigelbauer, S. M., 126Steinkuehler, C. A., 26, 143Stevens, P., 1Street, B., 144Sudweeks, F., 93Sugrue, B., 126Suthers, D., 147Svetcov, D., 8Swan, K., 12, 78, 83, 85, 87, 89–90Sweet, A. P., 145Sweller, J., 109, 116–117Swinth, K., 85–86

TTabbers, H., 116Tan, H. S., 77–78Taradi, M., 59, 110Taradi, S. K., 59, 110Tassos, A., 60Taylor, T., 155, 157–161Taylor, T. H., 8Tebeaux, E., 8Thames, R., 62Thomas, J., 11Treagust, D. F., 109, 116Tresman, S., 11Tribble, K., 117Trindade, J. F., 79Tripp, S. C., 137Tu, C. -H., 78, 84, 89Tuovinen, J., 116Turner, M., 118Turvey, K., 111, 115Tyre, P., 125Tzeng, S., 117

VValdez, G., 5, 19van Merrienboer, J., 109

Van Rijn, H., 147Varma, S., 117Villegas, A. M., 87Voogt, J., 4Vygotsky, L., 90, 111, 117Vygotsky, L. S., 109, 119–120

WWade, M., 20, 28Walberg, H. J., 20Walbert, M. S., 11Walker, K. B., 11Wang, F., 134Wang, G., 80Ward, D. J., 5, 19Weale, M., 1Weber, J., 8Wegerif, R., 90Weigel, V., 10Wellborn, J. G., 145Wenger, E., 100, 117–118Wertsch, J., 117Wheeler, S., 155Whitehouse, K., 25Whiting, C., 88Whitty, G., 88Wickens, C., 138Wilhelm, D. E., 73Wilhelm, P., 147Williams, P. B., 80Wilson, J., 154Wilson, S., 42Winn, W., 93Wise, A. F., 89Wisher, R., 67Wood, J., 117Woodcock, B., 46–47

YYan, B., 77–78Yee, N., 47, 50, 112, 154Yost, G., 92Ysseldyke, J., 146

ZZhang, P., 119Zhoa, Y., 77–78Zittle, F., 84

Subject Index

AAccountability, 6–7, 80, 125, 165Activeworlds, 46, 65, 74, 158–160Affinity circles, 72Assessment, 6, 36, 59, 62, 66, 125, 127, 129,

132, 134–135, 137, 139, 143, 147, 167Augmented reality, 27, 105Avatars, 21, 27, 35, 51, 74–75, 83–86, 88, 101,

103, 154, 156–157, 159

BBlended learning, 42, 153–155, 168–169

CCase based learning, 63, 100Case based reasoning, 57–68, 129Change, 2, 11, 26, 32, 35, 39, 49–50, 55, 74,

80, 85–87, 91, 99, 100, 117, 126, 129,138, 156

Cognition, 5, 30–31, 61, 91, 109–119, 133,135, 143, 145

conflict, 87–92Collaboration, 38, 43, 53, 60, 73, 78, 80, 86,

100–101, 112, 134, 163, 167Commercial games, 53, 142Communities of practice, 26–27, 89Cost, 1–2, 6–12, 21, 37, 54–55, 104, 118, 127Culture, 18, 52–53, 112, 144Cyber infrastructure, 8, 12, 72, 168

DData mining, 140, 146–147Deindividuation, 91Delivery strategy, 8Design, 98, 100, 113, 129–133, 136, 166, 169

based research, 130–133, 137Digital natives, 109Disabilities, 164–165, 169Discourse, 88, 117, 143–145

EEducational games, 26, 43–47, 54–55, 60, 63,

100, 109–110, 116, 119MUVES, 101

Emote, 97–98Empathy, 30, 44, 87–88, 105Engagement, 21, 31, 33, 39, 66, 78, 80,

97–106, 112, 114, 118–119, 126,145–146, 164, 166

Enrollment, 6, 12, 17–18, 21, 32, 41–42, 73, 80Episodic, 106Ethnography, 143–145Evaluation, 7, 58, 79, 125–126, 128–129, 132,

139Experiential, 26, 78, 104–106, 110, 114, 156,

164

FFeasibility, 133, 135–137Flow Theory, 109–120

GGamers, 19–21, 27–28, 32, 53, 114, 163Games, 20, 25–33, 43–51, 57–68, 115–119,

129–130Gender, 18–20, 29, 51, 63, 86, 90, 99, 106,

138, 141, 146–147, 154Generation gaps, 28Global challenge, 79, 109Goals, 2, 6, 27, 29–32, 37, 44, 46, 57, 59,

64–65, 78, 100–103, 118–119, 129,133, 155, 168

HHandhelds, 105Hybrid courses, 153–169Hybrid software, 160

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IIdentity, 29, 51, 74–75, 78, 83–93, 99, 112,

118, 126, 144–145, 162Immersion, 75, 80, 84, 90–91, 98, 112Information technology, 2, 26, 128Institutional merger, 168Interaction, 6, 9, 11, 19, 21, 26, 31–32, 37–39,

41–42, 44–45, 51, 54, 60–61, 71–80,84, 86–89, 92–93, 99–100, 104, 111,115, 117, 119, 129, 132–134, 140,143–144, 146, 162, 164, 166–167

Interactive, 20, 22, 31, 36–37, 39, 41, 61, 63,65–66, 73, 79, 88–89, 93, 102–103,129, 135, 145, 158

Interpersonal interactions, 76

KKnowledge domains, 61, 99

LLearner centered design, 78, 113, 129, 137Learning

management, 36, 38–43, 67, 153, 158styles, 4, 22, 26, 100

Logic model, 134–135

MMassively Multiplayer games, 20, 26, 29,

46–51, 60–61, 73Memory, 13, 30, 86, 92, 109–111, 114–117,

120Metaphorical thinking, 106Millennials, 17–20Model based thinking, 114Modeling, 63, 67, 79, 104, 136Motivation, 4, 18–29, 50, 53, 57, 76, 79, 85,

97–98, 105, 112–114, 119, 145Multitasking, 4–5, 19–20

NNew economy, 1–2New media, 43, 45–48, 166

OOnline learning, 8, 17–18, 83–84, 91, 112,

138, 145

PPedagogy, 21, 74, 80, 86–87Personality, 84–87Personal learning environments, 42–43, 52Perspective taking, 83–93Platforms, 18, 20–22, 26–27, 66, 73, 75, 149,

155, 162Play, 5, 19–21, 25–32, 39, 47–48, 79, 83,

90–91, 109, 111, 114–116, 118, 120,131, 132, 142, 144, 154, 169

Presence, 29–30, 75, 77–80, 83–93, 99, 112,118, 132

Problem based learning, 2, 30, 63, 78, 100,110, 115, 166

Psychology, 113, 115, 117, 120, 157, 162

RReach, 1, 6–7, 10, 12, 20, 29, 33, 63, 88, 111,

114, 116, 118, 153, 167Rewards, 4, 57–58, 62, 78, 97, 100, 145Richness, 1, 6–7, 10–11

SScaffolds, 111, 113, 119Science laboratory, 39, 67Second Life, 20–21, 33, 36, 45, 51–52, 54, 74,

99, 104, 154–168Serious Educational Games, 60, 63Serious games, 25–33, 57–68Simulations, 29, 31, 44–45, 54, 57–68, 79,

104, 106, 126, 129, 131–132, 135, 138,140, 155, 161

Situated learning, 26, 92, 97–106, 111–115,117

Social networking, 18, 20, 42–43, 71–73, 75,166

Social software, 42Synchronous, 6–12, 18, 21, 26, 30, 38–40,

54, 71–80, 83, 86, 90, 102–103, 112,139–140, 146, 167

TTest and measurement, 32Time on task, 80, 98, 118, 12921st century skills, 1–6, 84, 102, 128, 136

UUsability, 119, 133, 135–138, 145

VVirtual Learning, 1, 5, 18, 20, 22, 26, 35–55,

61, 78, 83–85, 90, 93, 99, 112–113,115, 117, 120, 135, 139–140

Virtual learning environments, 1, 5, 18, 20, 26,35–55, 61, 78, 83, 85, 90, 93, 113, 115,120, 139

Virtual worlds, 26, 30, 32–33, 43–47, 51–55,83, 106, 118, 125, 144–145, 153–155,157–164, 166, 169

Visualization, 28, 84, 101, 109, 116, 136Voice over Internet Protocol, 21, 38

WWeb 2.0, 18, 35, 71Workforce development, 3, 84