The JVWR, Volume 5, No. 1
Published: May 18, 2012
The editorial team for this issue:
David Kurt Herold, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Shailey Minocha, Department of Computing, The Open University
Natalia Rybas, Department of Communication Studies, Indiana University East, USA
Virtual worlds research, it appears from the papers in this issue, is still in its infancy. As these five papers highlight that role of virtual worlds in student experience, identity in virtual worlds, and use of virtual worlds by people with disabilities are some of the areas that require further investigation, experimentation, analysis, and discussion.
Original call: CfP: SLACTIONS 2011 & Assembled (2012)
Managing Editor Corner
Welcome to the First Issue of 2012
Yesha Y. Sivan
Issue Editors’ Corner
David Kurt Herold, Shailey Minocha, Natalia Rybas
Research Papers
Bernadett Koles, Peter Nagy
Samara Mamatovna Anarbaeva
Between Purpose and Method: A Review of Educational Research on 3D Virtual Worlds
Sahoon H. Kim, Jiyeon Lee Lee, Michael K. Thomas
Second Life and Academia – Reframing the Debate between Supporters and Critics
David Kurt Herold
How do People with Disability Use and Experience Virtual Worlds and ICT: A Literature Review
Karen Stendal
