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Swan, Gerry – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
While blogs, wikis and many other Web 2.0 applications can be employed in learning settings, instruction is not the primary purpose for these tools. The educational field must actively participate in the definition and development of what repurposed or new Web 2.0 applications means in educational settings. One way of viewing this needed…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Formative Evaluation, Internet
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Wang, Charles Xiaoxue; Song, Hongbo; Stone, David E.; Yan, Qiaoqiao – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Educational researchers and practitioners have paid considerable attention to the use of multiuser virtual environments (MUVEs) in recent years in order to support learning across curricula. Among MUVEs, Second Life (SL) is one of the most popular environments, with over 18 million account-registered users as of May 2008. This paper reports a…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Researchers