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dc.contributor.authorBeavis, Catherine
dc.contributor.editorSarah Price, Carey Jewitt and Barry Brown
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:35:01Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:35:01Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.modified2014-03-24T03:58:32Z
dc.identifier.isbn9781446200476
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/57155
dc.description.abstractThere are high expectations for the educational value of online games and immersive, virtual worlds. Research focusing on these areas, however, is fragmented and provides a much more mixed picture of their use. This chapter identifies various traditions of work that contribute to research in this area, including humanities and social science approaches within game studies; explorations of literacy and media production from media and cultural studies; and technical and educational accounts from fields such as e-learning. Discussion of these focuses on the different ways in which the object of study is conceptualized, and the implications that this has for conducting and judging research. A specific example is provided that looks at educational uses of Second Life. It concludes with a discussion of ongoing tensions between research traditions, as well as opportunities for new areas of work to develop.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book236070
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleThe Sage Handbook of Digital Technology Research
dc.relation.ispartofchapter27
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom412
dc.relation.ispartofpageto426
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnglish and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130204
dc.titleOnline and Internet-based Technologies: Gaming
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.date.issued2013
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBeavis, Catherine A.


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