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Volume 17 Issue 1

Published: 2009 | Start Page: 3


Special Issue: Virtual worlds and learning
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1771025 Breaking the virtuous cycle
Tom P. Abeles (pp. 3-7)
Keywords: Education, E-learning, Internet, Networking, Universities, Worldwide web
ArticleType: General review
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1771026 Virtual worlds and learning
Constance Steinkuehler, Kurt Squire (pp. 8-11)
Keywords: Learning, Literacy, Virtual organizations
ArticleType: Viewpoint
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1771027 Cheating in virtual worlds: transgressive designs for learning
Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields (pp. 12-20)
Keywords: Cheating, Indoor games, Internet, Learning, Sciences
ArticleType: Research paper
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1771028 Virtual worlds, conceptual understanding, and me: designing for consequential engagement
Melissa Gresalfi, Sasha Barab, Sinem Siyahhan, Tyler Christensen (pp. 21-34)
Keywords: Education, Information retrieval, Internet, Learning, Students, User studies
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1771029 Scalable learning: from simple to complex in World of Warcraft
Douglas Thomas (pp. 35-46)
Keywords: Digital communication systems, Indoor games, Learning, Learning methods, Multimedia
ArticleType: Case study
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1771030 Digital literacies for the disengaged: creating after school contexts to support boys' game-based literacy skills
Constance Steinkuehler, Elizabeth King (pp. 47-59)
Keywords: Boys, Case studies, Indoor games, Internet, Learning, Literacy
ArticleType: Case study
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1771031 Not just a dollhouse: what The Sims2 can teach us about women's IT learning
Elisabeth R. Hayes, Elizabeth M. King (pp. 60-69)
Keywords: Communication technologies, Computers, Education, Indoor games, Women
ArticleType: Conceptual paper
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1771032 Mobile media learning: multiplicities of place
Kurt Squire (pp. 70-80)
Keywords: Education, Information media, Learning, Mobile communication systems
ArticleType: General review
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