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Teaching risk with virtual worlds: experience and lessons learned in Second Life and other virtual worlds

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Abstract

We discuss and demonstrate how Virtual Worlds available at the University of Bedfordshire have been used to teach Project Management using a 'situated learning' approach. In particular we have a closer look on the aspect of teaching risk management and identify how different aspects of risk are addressed in a variety of implementations of Virtual Worlds, namely Second Life, a Virtual World provided by an external provider, not Linden Lab, a Virtual World that is maintained 'in-house' and a Virtual World hosted by the students themselves. We note that the student experience of risk is different in each of these incarnations of a Virtual World which impacts their perception of risk and hence the effects this has concerning the teaching goals.

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Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/01/2013

Publication status

Published - 01/01/2013

Publisher

SciTePress

ISBN (Print)

9789898565532

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/333420

Host publication title

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education CSEDU - Volume 1

Host publication editors

  • Owen Foley
  • Maria Teresa Restivo
  • James Uhomoibhi
  • Markus Helfert

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