%0 Journal Article
%T Virtual City as a Place for Educational and Social Activities
%A Mikhail Fominykh
%A Ekaterina Prasolova-F£¿rland
%A Mikhail Morozov
%A Alexey Gerasimov
%J International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
%D 2009
%I Universit?t Kassel
%R 10.3991/ijet.v4s2.939
%X In recent years, virtual worlds have become increasingly popular in education and social life. Using a ¡®city¡¯ metaphor, we are developing a 3D virtual world enriched with social and educational tools. This virtual world allows performing a number of activities, such as exploring the city, learning and communicating with its citizens, building a social network. In this paper we report the results of case studies we have performed to explore users¡¯ activities and behavior in a virtual city context. Our goal was to investigate how such a city can facilitate learning and socializing, also in a cross-cultural context. Based on the empirical results, we derive a list of recommendations for a virtual city as a place for social and educational activities.
%K educational
%K virtual
%K worlds
%K collaborative
%K learning
%K virtual
%K city
%U http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/939