This is a presentation given at the Virtual Worlds MOOC, a free course and month-long annual event by Dr Nan Zingrone.

1. VIRTUAL WORLDS
EDUCATION
OVERVIEW 2020:
A BIBLIOGRAPHIC
TOUR OF SORTS
Nancy L. Zingrone,
PhD
Dept of Psychology,
School of Social &
Behavioral Sciences,
Northcentral
University

2. WHAT WE’RE GOING TO COVER
A little history the talks on this topic in previous VWMOOCs
Introduction to the earlier slideshows with video and
powerpoint links
The breadth of recent research
Some examples:
 Comparison of attachments inworld and out in Psychiatry
 Tourism and migration in virtual worlds in Psychology of
Popular Media Culture
 Sexuality in virtual worlds from a LGBT perspective in
Computers in Human Behavior

3. INTRO TO RETRO
RESOURCES

4. HISTORY OF
DISTANCE
LEARNING
Distance Education from
Postcards to the Internet
Art and Technology that set the
Scene for Virtual Worlds
Virtual Worlds and Education:
Learning and Teaching in an
Immersive Space
Commonalities between All
Modes of Distance Learning

5. HTTPS://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/NANZI
NGRONE

6. STATS ON THE
SEARCH
First search
Search term:
Virtual worlds education
Limiters:
Last five years, full-text,
scholarly (peer-reviewed
journals)
Yield: 115, 793 articles
returned
Second search
Search term:
Virtual worlds education
Limiters:
Last five years, full-text,
scholarly (peer-reviewed
journals), open access
Yield: 441 articles returned

7. THE BREADTH OF
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RESEARCH
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19. POPULAR
CULTURE,
PSYCHIATRY,
COMPUTERS
AND HUMAN
BEHAVIOR
Some
examples

20. PSYCHOLOGY
OF POPULAR
MEDIA CULTURE
Coulson, Oskis, Spencer &
Gould, 2019

21. COMPUTERS IN
HUMAN BEHAVIOR
McKenna & Chughtai, 2020

22. PSYCHIATRY
Quackenbush, Allen & Fowler

23. REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY

24. REFERENCES:
Coulson, M., Oskis, A., Spencer, R., & Gould, R.L. (2019)
Tourism, migration, and the exodus to virtual worlds:
Place attachment in massively multiplayer online gamers.
Psychology of Popular Media Culture, June 6, Advance
online publication.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000244
McKenna, B. & Chughtai, H. (2020). Resistance and
sexuality in virtual worlds: An LGBT perspective.
Computers in Human Behavior, 105, 106199.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.106199
Quackenbush, D., Allen, J.G., & Fowler, J.C. (2016).
Comparison of attachments in real-world and virtual-
world relationships. Psychiatry, 78, 317-327. DOI
10.1080/00332747.2015.1092854

25. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
PG 1:
Damer, B. (2008). Meeting in the ether: A brief history of virtual worlds as a
medium for user-created events. Artifact, 2(2), 94-107.
Fairfield, J.A.T. (2012). Mixed reality: How the laws of virtual worlds govern
everyday life. Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 27, 55-116.
Guerrero, G., Ayala, A., Mateu, J., Casades, L. & Alamán, X. (2016). Integrating
virtual worlds with tangible user interfaces for teaching mathematics: A pilot
study. Sensors (4248220), 16, (11), 1775. https://doi-
org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.3390/s16111775
Hanewald, R. (2013). Learners and collaborative learning in virtual worlds: A
review of the literature. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 14(2),
Article 15.
Ijaz, K., Bogdanovych, & Trescak (2017). Virtual worlds vs books and videos in
history education. Interactive Learning Environments, 25(7), 904-929. DOI:
10.1080/10494820.2016.1225099.
Kenna, J.L., & Potter, S. (2018). Experiencing the world from inside the
classroom: Using virtual field trips to enhance social studies instruction. Social
Studies, 109(5), 265-275. DOI: 10.1080/00377996.2019.1515719.

26. ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
PG 2:
Lercari, N. (2016). Simulating history in virtual worlds. In Y. Sivan (Ed.),
Handbook on 3D3C Virtual Worlds (pp. 337-332). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-
22041-3_13.
Maudlin Pereira, M., Artemiou, E., McGonigle,, D., Conan, A., Sithole, F., &
Yvorchuck-St. Jean. (2018). Using the virtual world of Second Life in veterinary
medicine: Student and faculty perceptions. Journal of Veterinary Medical
Education, 45(2), 148-155. DIO, 19,3137.jvne.1115-184r4.
Sanchez, J. (2009). A social history of virtual worlds. Library Technology
Reports, 2, 9-12.
https://journals.ala.org/index.php/ltr/article/view/4254/4859
Slater, M. (2018). Immersion and the illusion of presence in virtual reality.
British Journal of Psychology, 109, 431-322.
Veerapen, M. (2013). Where do virtual worlds come from?: A genealogy of
Second Life. Games and Culture, 8(2), 98-116. DOI:
10.1177/1555412013478683.
Ward, T.B., & Sonneborn, M.S. (2011). Creative expression in virtual worlds:
Imitation, imagination, and individualized collaboration. Psychology of Popular
Media Culture, 1(2), 32-47. DOI: 10.1037/2160-4134.1.S.32

27. THANKS FOR YOUR
PATIENCE!
IN VIRTUAL WORLDS: MAGGIE
LARIMORE
EMAIL IN RL:
NANCY@THEAZIRE.ORG