Just Ask the Avatar in the Front Row

Autor/in	Starkman, Neal
Titel	Just Ask the Avatar in the Front Row
Quelle	In: Campus Technology, 20 (2007) 9, S.32-34 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1553-7544
Schlagwörter	Educational Technology; Faculty; Academic Achievement; Student Attitudes; Video Games; Computers; College Students; Student Interests; Instructional Effectiveness; Teaching Methods; Computer Simulation; Universities; Campuses; California; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterrichtsmedien; Academic Staff; Lehrkörper; Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Digitalrechner; Collegestudent; Studieninteresse; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; University; Universität; Kalifornien
Abstract	Colleges and universities head into virtual worlds, and student learning and psychology are changed forever. For the past few years, Creighton University, a Jesuit institution of about 6,700 students has hosted GameFest (www2.creighton.edu/doit/gamefest), a 12-hour marathon of high-tech, interactive gaming sessions among Creighton students, using the school's hardware and infrastructure. Contrary to the perception that the gaming craze may be injurious to college students, Mike Allington, assistant director of student and classroom technology support at Creighton University, believes that video gaming "encourages students to build relationships throughout the campus." He adds that the university's academic curricula also are becoming infused with the new gaming technologies. There's even an "eFellows" program on campus, he reports; it's training "old-school" faculty members to get up-to-speed on ways to use gaming tools to engage students. In this article, the author explores whether gaming can facilitate learning "more effectively" than classroom lecture and discussion. Many believe the answer lies in the virtual world: a landscape in which the players exist "inside" of the game, socializing with others in the same virtual game environment, expressing themselves and, thus, learning. The author uses the example of Second Life (www.secondlife.com), a 3D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by (at latest count) 5.2 million individuals from around the globe, with 60,000 residents added daily. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10