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Preparing the Adult Learner for Virtual Worlds Simulations: Best Practices with Online Graduate Students Using a Second Life Scenario || Susan Spencer, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, United States, spencesu@shu.edu Anne Hewitt, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, United States, hewittan@shu.edu Danielle Mirliss, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, United States, mirlisda@shu.edu Riad Twal, Seton Hall University, New Jersey, United States, twalriad@shu.edu || Virtual worlds can enable graduate students to move beyond traditional face-to-face learning activities to more immersive virtual learning environments. Applications based on an interactive technology offer the potential for students to substantively increase their knowledge, participate in immediate problem solving applications, and interact in a learning environment that involves peer review as well as synchronous instructor feedback. The presenters describe the coordinated series of activities taken to prepare adult learners to be successful in this unfamiliar learning environment as well as some of the key challenges to its implementation. Best practices for planning and integrating virtual world simulations into the curriculum are presented. || General Session Forum All ||
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