TEACHERS’ EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF CYBERCULTURE: TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES IN METAVERSES (DIGITAL VIRTUAL WORLDS IN 3 DIMENSIONS - MDV3D)

Authors

  • Ana Margô Mantovani
  • Luciana Backes Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação/Grupo de Pesquisa em Educação Digital - UNISINOS
  • Bettina Steren dos Santos PUC/RS

Keywords:

Metaverse-MDV3D. Teacher training. Pedagogical practices.

Abstract

This article refl ects on the didactic and pedagogical possibilities in metaverses (Digital Virtual Worlds 3D - MDV3D), highlighting the contributions of these technologies for teacher education in the context of cyber culture. Based on the research, characterized as a case study, which investigates the educational potential of MDV3D in the education of teachers education on undergraduate licentiate courses in Computer Science, Physics and Pedagogy, we present an outline of teaching experience developed in the metaverse (MDV3D) Second Life (SL). For this purpose, learning situations arising from interactions in the metaverse are analyzed and discussed, revealing the potential for interaction and immersion of the participants in these technologies, and their implications in the teaching and learning processes, signaling a new route to an effective and innovative teaching practice.

Author Biographies

Luciana Backes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação/Grupo de Pesquisa em Educação Digital - UNISINOS

Mestre em Educação pela UNISINOS. Doutoranda em Educação pela UNISINOS em período de co-tutela na Université Lumière Lyon 2 – França.

Bettina Steren dos Santos, PUC/RS

Pós-doutorado no College of Education, The Univesity of Texas at Austin, EUA. Doutorado em Psicologia Evolutiva e da Educação - Universidad de Barcelona. Docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação e da Faculdade de Educação/PUCRS.

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Published

2012-04-16

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Articles

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