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Constructing Transformative Learning Communities in 3D Immersive Learning Environments

Constructing Transformative Learning Communities in 3D Immersive Learning Environments
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Author(s): Barbara Howard (Appalachian State University, USA), Robert Sanders (Appalachian State University, USA)and Terry McClannon (Appalachian State University, USA)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 14
Source title: Transformative Learning and Online Education: Aesthetics, Dimensions and Concepts
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): T. Volkan Yuzer (Anadolu University, Turkey)and Gulsun Kurubacak (Anadolu University, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-985-9.ch003

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Abstract

Programs that prepare leaders for the 21st century must do so with the intent of equipping them not only with traditional reserves of knowledge and theory but with a focus on application of the knowledge base to build the skills necessary for collaborative leadership resulting in a community of practice. School leaders must be prepared to transform their existing school culture by challenging current paradigms and fundamental principles of how schools have operated traditionally in an era when teachers were responsible primarily for the transference of discreet sets of knowledge with little or no emphasis on higher level thinking skills, group work, and informational literacy. Without this transformative shift, school leaders tend to fail in successfully implementing reform efforts geared toward developing schools ready to meet the challenges of the information age. This chapter will discuss how faculty in the department of Leadership and Educational Studies at Appalachian State University have utilized Presence Pedagogy to engage their students in tranformative learning for school leadership through cross-program collaboration in a 3D immersive learning environment.

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