Integrating second life to enhance global intercultural collaboration projects

ACM Inroads

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 43-50

  Corder, D ^a   Alice, U ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avatar; Blogs; Critical reflection; Global collaborative projects; Intercultural competence; Interdisciplinary; Liminality; Metacognitive skills; Motivation; Multi user virtual environment (MUVE); Second life; Self assessment authentic real world experience; Socialisation; Virtual collaboration; Wikis

Indexed keywords

AVATAR; COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; CRITICAL REFLECTION; INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY; LIMINALITY; METACOGNITIVE SKILLS; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; SECOND LIFE; SELF-ASSESSMENT - AUTHENTIC REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE; SOCIALISATION; VIRTUAL COLLABORATION; WIKIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CURRICULA; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; TEACHING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 79955055172     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1835428.1835442     Document Type: Article

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