Teaching literature in virtual worlds : immersive learning in English studies /

Teaching literature in virtual worlds : immersive learning in English studies / edited by Allen Webb. - New York : Routledge, 2012. - xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / A virtual world for Lord of the flies: engaging students and meeting common core standards / Midsummer madness and The virtual Tempest: Shakespeare as foolish role-play game / From migrant labor to high society: Of mice and men and The great Gatsby in virtual worlds / Teaching Things fall apart in the Village of Umuofia / Content learning in literary virtual worlds: the Village of Umuofia / Building a secondary Brave new world / Riffing on the pied piper: combining research and creativity / Virtual Flanerie: strolling through Mrs. Dalloway's London / Virtual museums: British literary works in historical and cultural context / "The kindness of strangers:" Angels in America in a virtual world / From MUDs to metaverses: the past and future of immersive literary worlds / On the building of worlds / Allen Webb -- Cara Arver -- Joseph Haughey and Jennifer Barns -- Gretchen Rumohr-Voskuil and Meghan Dykema -- Cheryl Taliaferro -- Allen Webb -- Robert Rozema -- Linda Dick -- Todd Kuchta -- Christopher Nagle, Ilse Schweitzer VanDonkelaar, and Cynthia Klekar -- Steve Feffer -- Robert Rozema -- Kevin Jepson.

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Educational technology.
Literature--Study and teaching--Technological innovations.
Web-based instruction.
Immersion method (Language teaching)
Literaturunterricht.
Virtuelle Realit�at.


Englisch.


Aufsatzsammlung.

LB 1028.3 / .T3864 2012