Digital Citizenship in Virtual Environments

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Author(s): Valerie J. Hill (Texas Woman's University, USA)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 19
Source title: Recent Advances in Applying Identity and Society Awareness to Virtual Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Andrew G. Stricker (The Air University, USA), Cynthia Calongne (Colorado Technical University, USA), Barbara Truman (University of Central Florida, USA)and Fil J. Arenas (The Air University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9679-0.ch005

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

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Virtual environments provide collaborative learning opportunities beyond physical walls and without time constraints. Learners connect across the planet in real time. The virtual representation of self requires understanding of personal responsibility for digital citizenship and information literacy. Both presentation of self and evaluation of content in all formats are new challenges for learners of all ages, including the youngest students born into an age of networked sharing and connecting. Virtual learning environments may transform education and certainly provide both advantages and disadvantages for educators and learners. Understanding personal responsibility for digital citizenship is imperative to best practices of education in virtual spaces. This chapter focuses on digital citizenship and information literacy in virtual worlds, virtual reality, and immersive learning environments.

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