VW - Open Wonderland and Education: The Design and Study of Two Learning Spaces for College Students

• In Event: VW - Virtual World Effectiveness Research

Short Description

Faculty in two programs collaborated with students to develop learning spaces for their respective classes using Open Wonderland. One space is for language learning and the other for exploring issues of business ethics. We detail how we worked collaboratively, the created spaces, lessons learned, and the analysis of our learning outcome data. The presentation is applicable to new users of virtual worlds, those considering using them, and those interested in research on their effectiveness.

Authors

• Rebecca Jestice

• Andrey Gavrilov, Earlham College

• Aletha Stahl

• Esteban Arguedas, Earlham College

• Sohrab Amiri, Earlham College