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Interoperability, Learning Designs and Virtual Worlds: Issues and Strategies

Interoperability, Learning Designs and Virtual Worlds: Issues and Strategies

Helen Farley
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781616927899|ISBN10: 1616927895|EISBN13: 9781616927905
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-789-9.ch009
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Farley, Helen. "Interoperability, Learning Designs and Virtual Worlds: Issues and Strategies." Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues, edited by Fotis Lazarinis, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 193-206. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-789-9.ch009

APA

Farley, H. (2011). Interoperability, Learning Designs and Virtual Worlds: Issues and Strategies. In F. Lazarinis, S. Green, & E. Pearson (Eds.), Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues (pp. 193-206). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-789-9.ch009

Chicago

Farley, Helen. "Interoperability, Learning Designs and Virtual Worlds: Issues and Strategies." In Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues, edited by Fotis Lazarinis, Steve Green, and Elaine Pearson, 193-206. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-789-9.ch009

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Abstract

Given the relatively high costs associated with designing and implementing learning designs in virtual worlds, a strategy for the re-use of designs becomes imperative. IMS LD has emerged as the standard for the description and expression of learning designs. This chapter explores some of the issues associated with using the IMS LD specification for learning designs in virtual worlds such as Second Life and multi-player online role playing games such as World of Warcraft. The main issues relate to the inadequate description of collaborative activities and the inability to alter the design ‘on-the-fly’ in response to learner inputs. Some possible solutions to these problems are considered.

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