Shaping Behaviors in Virtual Worlds – Gender, Culture, Education. Teacher’s Reflections from Second Life

dc.contributor.authorTopol, Paweł
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-13T13:19:15Z
dc.date.available2016-01-13T13:19:15Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThe article focuses on the phenomenon of how human behaviors are shaped in the environments of three-dimensional virtual worlds. The so-called serious virtual worlds are taken into consideration. They are sometimes defined in the literature as social environments. The largest ones – like Second Life which has several millions of user accounts – are indeed multi-national and multi-cultural in character. Users, or residents, take part in social, cultural, artistic events or just explore the virtual space for their own reasons. The total area of Second Life is comparable to several Manhattans, so the opportunities to find new interesting spots or to meet new people seem endless. Some key questions covered in the article are: How do people – through their avatars – perform in the three-dimensional virtual world in communicative situations? Do they copy their physical world behaviors onto the virtual? Do they adopt behaviors from other people/avatars, or maybe they reshape their own? The final question is what possible implications for pedagogy and education are –with reference to learning and teaching practice in 3D environments. Examples from author’s experience in virtual worlds will be given.pl_PL
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Gender and Power, No.2, Vol.4, 2015, pp. 91-101pl_PL
dc.identifier.isbn978-83-232-2965-0
dc.identifier.issn2391-8187
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10593/14187
dc.language.isoenpl_PL
dc.publisherWydawnictwo Naukowe UAMpl_PL
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesspl_PL
dc.subjectvirtual worldspl_PL
dc.subjectSecond Lifepl_PL
dc.subjectsocial behaviorpl_PL
dc.subjectperformancepl_PL
dc.subjecteducationpl_PL
dc.titleShaping Behaviors in Virtual Worlds – Gender, Culture, Education. Teacher’s Reflections from Second Lifepl_PL
dc.typeArtykułpl_PL

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