elearningpapers

Noticed a new European Commission supported online journal on e-learning, elearningpapers. First issue is online now, and includes one paper that I think is relevant to the use of Second Life in education - although it isn’t about SL at all - “User-defined content in a constructivist learning environment” by Johnson and Dyer.

I have not yet had a chance to read the whole paper, but the following para from the abstract explains it quite well:

This research argues that … user-generated content has an important part to play in defining new pedagogical approaches to learning. Where the social constructs of community build confidence and self-esteem, individuals are able to take charge of their own learning and develop a sense of ownership through “community pull”.