Secure Learning in 3 Dimensional Multi User Virtual Environments - Challenges to Overcome
Indika N. Perera, Colin Allison, Alan Miller · 2010
This paper presents research in progress about security management in learning processes situated in 3 Dimensional Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVE). While there is considerable interest throughout academia in using such MUVE for education, academics are experiencing many challenges in exploring various possible use-cases. Awareness of the security challenges associated with learning in 3D MUVE helps to formulate sustainable and reliable learning activities, as well as in designing security solutions for those challenges. Moreover, the effective approaches to manage user identities, access rights, and learning content ownership helps to address most of the security, privacy, and trust issues within a virtual learning environment. Therefore, with the emphasis on those key issues, this paper initiates a discussion of the security issues in 3D MUVE based learning from our experiences.