Using Virtual Environments For Online and Campus Classes
Virtual environments
1. L2 in E2: Language Learning In Virtual Environments Marvyn A. Mahle TSL 654 · July 6, 2010 Computer Assisted Language Learning
2. What is E2? My acronym...for “Environment 2,” or the next generation, “Web 2.0” electronic framework in which students will learn L2... L2, a student's second or non-native language, learned rather than acquired
3. Characteristics of Virtual Worlds... Computer-generated and -controlled interactive environments, usually networked (Internet), in which users can commune with one another via cyber personas, typically called “ avatars” Avatar 1784, "descent of a Hindu deity," from Skt. avatarana "descent" (of a deity to the earth in incarnate form), from ava- "down" + base of tarati "(he) crosses over." In computer use, it seems to trace to the novel "Snowcrash" (1992) by Neal Stephenson. ...from the Online Etymological Dictionary
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20. References Purushotma, R. (2005). Commentary: you're not studying, you're just... Language Learning and Technology , 9(1), 80-96. Thorne, S. (forthcoming). Transcultural communication in open Internet environments and massively multiplayer online games. In S. Magnan (ed.), Mediating Discourse Online. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
