Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worlds

This paper presents a study that used narrative inquiry to explore staff experiences of learning and teaching in immersive worlds. The findings introduced issues relating to identity play, the relationship between pedagogy and play and the ways in which learning, play and fun were managed (or not)....

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Main Author: Maggi Savin-Baden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2010-01-01
Series:London Review of Education
Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=2fa087c2-280c-4871-8e34-52c06318afc5
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spelling doaj-6ea4012b3dcc47ca949b3a894c2b28412020-12-16T09:45:13ZengUCL PressLondon Review of Education1474-84792010-01-0110.1080/14748460903557662Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worldsMaggi Savin-BadenThis paper presents a study that used narrative inquiry to explore staff experiences of learning and teaching in immersive worlds. The findings introduced issues relating to identity play, the relationship between pedagogy and play and the ways in which learning, play and fun were managed (or not). At the same time there was a sense of imposed or created values systems that introduced questions and challenges about what learning became or meant in these spaces. The issues identified by this small scale study may offer some purchase on concerns which appear to be emerging with the digitisation of our lives.https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=2fa087c2-280c-4871-8e34-52c06318afc5
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title Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worlds
title_short Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worlds
title_full Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worlds
title_fullStr Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worlds
title_full_unstemmed Changelings and shape shifters? Identity play and pedagogical positioning of staff in immersive virtual worlds
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description This paper presents a study that used narrative inquiry to explore staff experiences of learning and teaching in immersive worlds. The findings introduced issues relating to identity play, the relationship between pedagogy and play and the ways in which learning, play and fun were managed (or not). At the same time there was a sense of imposed or created values systems that introduced questions and challenges about what learning became or meant in these spaces. The issues identified by this small scale study may offer some purchase on concerns which appear to be emerging with the digitisation of our lives.
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