The first issue of the International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments is now out. This is an exciting venture and I am happy to be a small part of it.
Table of contents of issue 1 is available below and more information about the journal can be found here.
International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 1(1).
Inaugural edition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Preface
Michael Thomas, Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, Japan
1. The centralisation dilemma in educational IT
Martin Weller, Professor, Open University, UK
2. eLearning in the Cloud
Niall Sclater, Director of Virtual Learning Environments, Open University, UK
3. Designing effective spaces, tasks and metrics for communication in Second Life within the context of programming LEGO NXT Mindstorms™ robots
Michael Vallance, Professor, Future University, Japan
Stewart Martin, Principal Lecturer, Teeside University, UK
Charles Wiz, Lecturer, Yokohama National University, Japan
Paul van Schaik, Professor, Teeside University, UK
4. Homo Virtualis: Virtual worlds, learning, and an ecology of embodied interaction
Leslie Jarmon, Senior Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, USA
5. Evaluating games-based Learning
Thomas Hainey, Graduate Researcher, University of the West of Scotland, UK
Thomas Connolly, Professor, University of the West of Scotland, UK
BOOK REVIEWS
1. Molka-Danielson, J., & Deutschmann, M. (Eds.) (2009). Learning and teaching in the virtual world of Second Life. Trondheim: Tapir Academic Press.
Jonathon Richter, Research Associate, University of Oregon, USA
2. Paloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (2009). Assessing the online learner: Resources and strategies for faculty. San Francisco: Josey-Bass.
Jessica Knott, Learning Technologist, Michigan State University, USA
