Presence for professional development: students in the virtual world
Anna Peachey, Clem Herman · Open Research Online (The Open University) · 2011
This report describes virtual world activities for groups of students studying a course designed to support professional development especially following career breaks. The activity uses the virtual platform to augment the social aspect of belonging to a study cohort, exploiting the sense of presence and constructivist affordances of the 3-D environment.