Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom

In the last few years, educators have become familiar with the concept of online education through the use of tools such as “Blackboard,” “WebCT,” and other online course delivery systems.

Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom highlights the work of educators daring enough to teach in these new frontiers of education. This timely publication is a must-read for all educators and practitioners, of any subject and at any level, who wish to incorporate a dynamic online element to their classroom. It is also meant for researchers of education, computer science, and instructional technologies. Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom is a one-stop resource for practices, as well as research activities, within the domain on Multi-User Virtual Environments.

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

• Applying Multi-User Virtual Environments to Education
• Classroom Experiences
• Designing Classroom Activities for MUVEs
• Digital Intelligence
• Education-Oriented Research Activities Conducted in MUVEs
• ICT Applications in U.S. Higher Education
• Second Life
• Self-Developing a MUVE
• Static vs. Dynamic Online Learning Environments
• Techno-Pedagogical Context of Distance Learning