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Serious Playground: Using "Second Life" to Engage High School Students in Urban Planning
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Mallan, Kerry; Foth, Marcus; Greenaway, Ruth; Young, Greg T. – Learning, Media and Technology, 2010
Virtual world platforms such as "Second Life" have been successfully used in educational contexts to motivate and engage learners. This article reports on an exploratory workshop involving a group of high school students using "Second Life" for an urban planning project. Young people are traditionally an under-represented demographic when it comes…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Urban Planning, Workshops, Case Method (Teaching Technique)