Virtual Worlds : Corporate Early Adopters Pave the Way
| dc.contributor.author | Lithgow, Catherine M. J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wolf, Judi L. Davidson | |
| dc.contributor.author | Berge, Zane L. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-25T16:05:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-25T16:05:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs), the most popular of which is Second Life, have great potential to provide engaging, interactive content to today’s students using both synchronous and asynchronous delivery. Educators, as well as several forward-thinking corporations and military organizations, have proven to be early adopters of MUVEs as a training delivery medium, paving the way to begin evaluating the medium for use in professional development. The use of MUVEs for education will definitely grow. Corporations considering venturing into this arena would do well to consider the lessons learned by the early adopters, paying particular attention to the barriers that need to be overcome for successful implementation. | en |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/virtual-worlds-corporate-early-adopters/46770 | en |
| dc.format.extent | 19 pages | en |
| dc.genre | chapters | en |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2fcg0-bnij | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lithgow, Catherine M. J.; Wolf, Judi L. Davidson; Berge, Zane L.; "Virtual Worlds: Corporate Early Adopters Pave the Way" in Virtual Immersive and 3D Learning Spaces: Emerging Technologies and Trends, 25-43. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011; | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/16517 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-825-4.ch002 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | IGI Global Disseminator of Knowledge | en |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Education Department Collection | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Graduate School | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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| dc.subject | multi-user virtual environments | en |
| dc.subject | Second Life | en |
| dc.subject | training delivery medium | en |
| dc.subject | professional development | en |
| dc.subject | UMBC Instructional System Design | en |
| dc.title | Virtual Worlds : Corporate Early Adopters Pave the Way | en |
| dc.type | Text | en |