http://connect.educause.edu/display/44497 http://connect.educause.edu/display/44497 http://connect.educause.edu/educause/images/e_rss.png Comments for "Constance Steinkuehler Presentation on Virtual Worlds" en http://connect.educause.edu/display/44497 <p>In this podcast of the presentation &quot;<a href="http://www.educause.edu/ELI072/Program/12402?PRODUCT_CODE=ELI072/GS05"> Cognition, Learning, and Literacy in Virtual Worlds</a>,&quot; <a href="http://www.educause.edu/PeerDirectory/750?ID=159554">Constance Steinkuehler</a>, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin&#8211;Madison, discusses the intellectual practices that constitute gameplay in virtual worlds (for example, collaborative problem solving, informal scientific reasoning, computational literacy, and digital media literacy) and the way these coalesce into a form of cosmopolitanism found in the least likely of places, in context of pop culture. </p><p>This was presented as a general session at <a href="http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=255">Immersive Learning Environments: New Paths to Interaction and Engagement</a>, the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's Spring 2007 Focus Session, held at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 27&#8211;28, 2007. <a href="http://www.educause.edu/Proceedings/12440">Additional resources from the event</a>, including session recordings and audio interviews, video, presentation materials, and photos, also are available online.</p> http://connect.educause.edu/display/44497#comments ELI_07_SpringFocusSession Games and Gaming immersive learning environments and simulations Instructional Technologies Interaction and Engagement IT Integration Podcasts Teaching and Learning Virtual Community Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:39:44 -0500 gbayne 44497 at http://connect.educause.edu