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Inspiring Personal and Social Transformation through Avatar Role Play in an Online Immersive Virtual Environment

Inspiring Personal and Social Transformation through Avatar Role Play in an Online Immersive Virtual Environment

Kay Kyeongju Seo, Dana A. Tindall
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781609600464|ISBN10: 1609600460|EISBN13: 9781609600471
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-046-4.ch021
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Seo, Kay Kyeongju, and Dana A. Tindall. "Inspiring Personal and Social Transformation through Avatar Role Play in an Online Immersive Virtual Environment." Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation: Models for Social Equality, edited by Gulsun Kurubacak and T. Volkan Yuzer, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 384-394. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-046-4.ch021

APA

Seo, K. K. & Tindall, D. A. (2011). Inspiring Personal and Social Transformation through Avatar Role Play in an Online Immersive Virtual Environment. In G. Kurubacak & T. Yuzer (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation: Models for Social Equality (pp. 384-394). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-046-4.ch021

Chicago

Seo, Kay Kyeongju, and Dana A. Tindall. "Inspiring Personal and Social Transformation through Avatar Role Play in an Online Immersive Virtual Environment." In Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation: Models for Social Equality, edited by Gulsun Kurubacak and T. Volkan Yuzer, 384-394. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-046-4.ch021

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the use of educational role play in the online immersive virtual environment (IVE) as a means of social and personal transformation aimed toward positive outcomes in social and cultural sensitivity online and in the real world. Characteristics of the IVE online, its parallels to real life, educational typologies, and norms are discussed as well as its flexible attributes for specific use in the role play context. Strategies for creating and facilitating a role play and examples of role play activities adapted for the IVE are also described.

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