Virtual environments: issues and opportunities for researching inclusive educational practices

Sheehy, Kieron (2010). Virtual environments: issues and opportunities for researching inclusive educational practices. In: Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia; Livingstone, Daniel and Smith-Robbins, Sarah eds. Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human-Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer, pp. 1–15.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-047-2_1

URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/nq46h720124031...

Abstract

This chapter argues that virtual environments offer new research areas for those concerned with inclusive education. Further, it proposes that they also present opportunities for developing increasingly inclusive research processes. This chapter considers how researchers might approach researching some of these affordances.

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• 1-84996-046-1, 978-1-84996-046-5
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• Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Childhood, Youth and Sport > Childhood and Youth
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport > Childhood, Youth and Sport
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS) > Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
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• Childhood and Youth
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• Kieron Sheehy