On the Horizon: Volume 15 Issue 4

Education unbound

Tom P. Abeles

The rapid rise of Multi‐User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) or Metaverses, presents opportunities and challenges for the societies in the physical world and a particular challenge…

Second Life: hype or hyperlearning?

Catheryn Cheal

The purpose of this article is to place Second Life within a learning theory framework.

The journal is dead, long live the journal

Danny Kingsley

The purpose of this paper is to argue that the traditional scholarly journal system is outdated and in need of revamp, and new internet technologies provide opportunities for…

Provocations on the structure of scholarly writing in the digital era

Jodi Kearns, Brian C. O'Connor, Francisco B.‐G. Moore

This paper seeks to urge academic writers to restructure their scholarly writing to reflect the depth of their intellectual message rather than conforming to the structurally…

Dual‐credit: “A key to the future”

Tony Richardson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the development of re‐engaging American youth via the application and process of dual‐credit. Whereby, the dual‐credit phenomenon will…

Economists on the catwalk – David Warsh: Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations

Cherryl K. Martin

“Economists on the catwalk” provides an analytical review of the book Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations by David Warsh, with suggestions for a more comprehensive and accurate…

Review of The Advancement of Learning: Building the Teaching Commons

Beronda L. Montgomery

The purpose of this paper is to provide a reflective evaluation of the concept of the teaching commons as presented by authors Huber and Hutchings and to summarize expected…

An inconvenient truth – Galileo's Mistake: The Archaeology of a Myth by Wade Rowland

Cherryl Martin

The purpose of this paper is to critique the book Galileo's Mistake: The Archaeology of a Myth by Wade Rowland; providing additional insights into the subject of the work and…

The next big idea?

Tom Abeles

The purpose of this paper is to review David Shaffer's book How Computer Games Help Children Learn.