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• Title:Engaging the avatar : new frontiers in immersive education / edited by Randy Hinrichs and Charles Wankel.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Hinrichs, Randy J.
  Wankel, Charles.
  
• Published/Created:Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., ©2012.
  

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  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB1044.87 .E55 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Virtual reality in education.
  Shared virtual environments.
  
• Description:vii, 399 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Research in management education and development.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
  
• ISBN:9781617357510 (pbk.)
  1617357510 (pbk.)
  9781617357527 (hardcover)
  1617357529 (hardcover)
  9781617357534 (ebook)
  1617357537 (ebook)
  
• Contents:Part II: Framework for engaging the avatar. A framework for the design of avatar-based collaboration / Andreas Schmeil, Martin J. Eppler, and Sara de Freitas
  Architectural evolution of e-learning virtual worlds : proposed design measures to enhance the e-learning experience within 3D [i.e., three-dimensional] learning spaces / Noha Saleeb and Georgios Dafoulas
  Part III: The eye and how we see : physical and virtual worlds / Joseph N. Trachtman
  Strategies for exploring information behavior in Second Life / John Marino ... [et al.]
  Virtual worlds and workforce education : real strategies for engagement and learning / Caroline Avey and Lyn Maize
  Part IV: Immersing the avatar. Salt marsh dynamics : a problem-based learning scenario / Heidi Trotta and Marian Glenn
  Stuttering support and nursing education : two case studies in Second Life / Grant Meredith, Charlynn Miller, and Greg Simmons
  Training for technological democracy : a civic engagement class example / Michelle K. Gardner and Thomas A. Bryer
  Genome Island : a virtual laboratory environment in Second Life / Mary Anne Clark
  Part V: 360 degree feedback. Using virtual simulations in Second Life for teaching and learning in nursing education / Michelle Aebersold and Dana Tschannen
  Using Second LIfe to teach and research virtual economy / Teemu Surakka and Sami Ahma-aho
  The SimEscuela : an innovative virtual environment for teacher training / Antonio Santos.