VirtualWorldLearningReferences
Introduction
The RiskWiki book and Thesis: "Real Learning in Virtual Worlds" by Dianne Bishop (2008) references an extensive list of works which is reproduced in its entirety here. The reference list also provides an outstanding bibliography about Virtual Worlds and the Virtual World Learning space. Students of these two areas are commended to explore the work of the authors listed below.
References and Bibliography
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