TY - GEN
T1 - Designing and learning in 3D virtual worlds
AU - Gu, Ning
AU - Williams, Anthony
AU - Gül, Leman Figen
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The 3D virtual worlds are networked environments designed using the place metaphor. As an emerging technology for team collaboration, 3D virtual worlds have been widely recognised. However there is a general lack of research and practice in exploring and teaching design in 3D virtual worlds. Further, designing 3D virtual worlds is also a design discipline in its own right. To recognise such significance, a postgraduate course "Designing Virtual Worlds" has been taught as a design subject since 2001. This paper shares our teaching experience and discusses principles for designing and teaching in 3D virtual worlds. Drawing on the results from our recent cognitive studies of design collaboration in 3D virtual worlds, this paper concludes with future development on the course structure as well as the design of 3D virtual worlds as learning environments.
AB - The 3D virtual worlds are networked environments designed using the place metaphor. As an emerging technology for team collaboration, 3D virtual worlds have been widely recognised. However there is a general lack of research and practice in exploring and teaching design in 3D virtual worlds. Further, designing 3D virtual worlds is also a design discipline in its own right. To recognise such significance, a postgraduate course "Designing Virtual Worlds" has been taught as a design subject since 2001. This paper shares our teaching experience and discusses principles for designing and teaching in 3D virtual worlds. Drawing on the results from our recent cognitive studies of design collaboration in 3D virtual worlds, this paper concludes with future development on the course structure as well as the design of 3D virtual worlds as learning environments.
KW - 3D virtual worlds
KW - Collaborative design and learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883044338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883044338
SN - 9781627483322
T3 - IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2007
SP - 227
EP - 234
BT - IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2007
T2 - IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, CELDA 2007
Y2 - 7 December 2007 through 9 December 2007
ER -