Recommended Reading:

Cacioppo, J.T., & Patrick, W. (2008). Loneliness, Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection.New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Clark, R.C. & Mayer, R.E. (2007). E-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning. John Wiley and Sons.

Dunbar, R.I.M. (1996). Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.

Wetzel, C.D., Radtke, P.H., & Stern, H.W. (1994). Instructional Effectiveness of Video Media. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Wooldridge, M.J. & Veloso, M.M. (1999). Artificial intelligence today: recent trends and developments. Springer.

Attached Articles:

Boland, I. (2009). Designing Effective Learning for Virtual Worlds.

Conventry, L. (1995). Video Conferencing in Higher Education.

Driscoll, M. (2003). Blended Learning: Let's Get Beyond the Hype.

Garau, M. et al. (2003). The Impact of Avatar Realism and Eye Gaze Control on Perceived Quality of Communication in a Shared Immersive Virtual Environment.

Garau, M. et al. (2005). The Responses of People to Virtual Humans in an Immersive Virtual Environment.

Gold, S. (2001). A Constructivist Approach to Online Training for Online Teachers.

Haake, M. & Gulz, A. (2008). Visual Stereotypes and Virtual Pedagogical Agents.

Linden Labs et al. (2007). Second Life Education Workshop 2007.

Ritzema, T. & Harris, B. (2008). The Use of Second Life for Distance Education.

Swan, K. (2003). Learning effectiveness: what the research tells us.

Zhang, D. et al. (2005). Instructional video in e-learning: Assessing the impact of interactive video on learning effectiveness.

 

Return Home