Teaching Literature in Virtual Worlds
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Teaching Literature in Virtual Worlds

Immersive Learning in English Studies

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Teaching Literature in Virtual Worlds

Immersive Learning in English Studies

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What are the realities and possibilities of utilizing on-line virtual worlds as teaching tools for specific literary works? Through engaging and surprising stories from classrooms where virtual worlds are in use, this book invites readers to understand and participate in this emerging and valuable pedagogy. It examines the experience of high school and college literature teachers involved in a pioneering project to develop virtual worlds for literary study, detailing how they created, utilized, and researched different immersive and interactive virtual reality environments to support the teaching of a wide range of literary works. Readers see how students role-play as literary characters, extending and altering character conduct in purposeful ways, and how they explore on-line, interactive literature maps, museums, archives, and game worlds to analyze the impact of historical and cultural setting, language, and dialogue on literary characters and events. This book breaks exciting ground, offering insights, pedagogical suggestions, and ways for readers to consider the future of this innovative approach to teaching literary texts.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2012
ISBN
9781136863738
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. A Virtual World for Lord of the Flies: Engaging Students and Meeting Common Core Standards
  10. 3. Midsummer Madness and The Virtual Tempest: Shakespeare as Foolish Role-play Game
  11. 4. From Migrant Labor to High Society: Of Mice and Men and The Great Gatsby in Virtual Worlds
  12. 5. Teaching Things Fall Apart in The Village of Umuofia
  13. 6. Content Learning in Literary Virtual Worlds: The Village of Umuofia
  14. 7. Building a Secondary Brave New World
  15. 8. Riffing on the Pied Piper: Combining Research and Creativity
  16. 9. Virtual Flanerie: Strolling through Mrs. Dalloway’s London
  17. 10. Virtual Museums: British Literary Works in Historical and Cultural Context
  18. 11. “The Kindness of Strangers:” Angels in America in a Virtual World
  19. 12. From MUDs to Metaverses: The Past and Future of Immersive Literary Worlds
  20. 13. On the Building of Worlds
  21. Notes on Contributors
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index