Learning Stories of Second Life Residents: An Ethnography

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Aurilio, S. (2008). Learning Stories of Second Life Residents: An Ethnography. In J. Luca & E. Weippl (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2008 (pp. 2317-2323). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2008
Vienna, Austria
June 30, 2008
ISBN 1-880094-65-7
  Joseph Luca & Edgar R. Weippl
AACE

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Suzanne Aurilio, San Diego State University, USA

Abstract

In this ethnographic study of Second Life, the online virtual world, I will explore the practices of Second Life residents that constitute their learning. At the same time, I will explore the implications of ethnography methodologies for educational research in virtual worlds. Virtual worlds have been predicted to become significant spaces that extend the ways we live, teach and learn. Because both learning and researching learning in virtual worlds are emergent phenomena, descriptive analysis of such practices is timely.

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