Title :
Teaching and learning in-world: Lessons learnt from the AVATAR and the ST.ART projects
Author :
Mascitti, Ilaria ; Fedele, Francesco ; Marco, Daniela Di ; Fasciani, Monica ; Feituri, Mikail ; Stefanelli, Cristina
Author_Institution :
Int. Relation & R&D Office, Unicversita degli Studi Gugliemo Marconi (USGM), Rome, Italy
Abstract :
This paper gives an overview of the educational potential of virtual worlds and draws on the results of the AVATAR project - Added value of teaching in a virtual world - and the ST.ART project - Street Artists in a virtual space - both funded with support by the European Commission under the Lifelong Learning Programme Comenius. The paper describes the educational, pedagogical, cultural and motivational benefits of using virtual worlds in educational settings.
Keywords :
Internet; avatars; computer aided instruction; continuing professional development; teaching; AVATAR project; European Commission; Lifelong Learning Programme Comenius; ST.ART project; cultural benefit; e-learning; educational benefit; motivational benefit; pedagogical benefit; street artists; teaching; virtual space; virtual world educational potential; Art; Avatars; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Second Life; Three dimensional displays; E-Learning; E-moderating; V-Learning; Virtual Worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2011 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Piestany
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1748-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICL.2011.6059581
