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Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna eds. (2013). Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human Computer Interaction. London: Springer.

Peachey, Anna and Childs, Mark eds. (2011). Reinventing Ourselves: Contemporary Concepts of Identity in Virtual Worlds. Springer Series in Immersive Environments. London: Springer.

Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia; Livingstone, Daniel and Smith-Robbins, Sarah eds. (2010). Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human–Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer-Verlag London.

Childs, Mark and Childs, Anna (2019). Relating AND Acting: Learning, Embodiment AND Performance IN Virtual Worlds. In: Campbell, Lee ed. Leap into Action: Critical Performance Pedagogies in Art and Design Education. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 247–258.

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Peachey, Anna; Withnail, Greg and Braithwaite, Nick (2014). Experimentation not simulation: learning about physics in the virtual world. In: DeCoursey, Christina and Garrett, Shana eds. Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds. Oxford: Inter-Disiplinary Press, pp. 191–216.

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Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Béatrice; Peachey, Anna; de Freitas, Sara and Nehmzow, Claus (2013). Do virtual worlds support engaging social conferencing? In: Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna eds. Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human–Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer-London, pp. 165–179.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna (2013). Love it or hate it: students’ responses to the experience of virtual worlds. In: Childs, Mark and Withnail, Greg eds. Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, pp. 27–46.

Peachey, Anna and Withnail, Greg (2013). A sociocultural perspective on negotiating digital identities in a community of learners. In: Warburton, Steve and Hatzipanagos, Stylianos eds. Digital Identity and Social Media. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp. 210–224.

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Ferguson, Rebecca; Gillen, Julia; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2013). The strength of cohesive ties: discursive construction of an online learning community. In: Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna eds. Understanding Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human-Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer, pp. 83–100.

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Gillen, Julia; Ferguson, Rebecca; Clough, Gill; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2012). Seeking planning permission to build a Gothic cathedral in a virtual world: exploring the schommunity. In: Merchant, Guy; Gillen, Julia; Marsh, Jackie and Davies, Julia eds. Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People. Routledge Research in Education. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 190–207.

Peachey, Anna and Childs, Mark (2011). Virtual worlds and identity. In: Peachey, Anna and Childs, Mark eds. Reinventing Ourselves: Contemporary Concepts of Identity in Virtual Worlds. Springer Series in Immersive Environments. London: Springer, pp. 1–12.

Peachey, Anna; Livingstone, Daniel and Walshe, Sarah (2010). Blueprint for a mashup: corporate education in Moodle, Sloodle and Second Life. In: Ritke-Jones, William ed. Handbook of Research on Virtual Environments for Corporate Education, Volume 3. London: IGI Global, pp. 1933–1948.

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Peachey, Anna (2010). Living in immaterial worlds: Who are we when we teach and learn in virtual worlds? In: Sheehy, Kieron; Ferguson, Rebecca and Clough, Gill eds. Virtual Worlds: Controversies at the Frontier of Education. Education in a Competitive and Globalizing World. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science, pp. 33–51.

Peachey, Anna (2010). The third place in Second Life: real life community in a virtual world. In: Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia; Livingstone, Daniel and Smith-Robbins, Sarah eds. Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds. Human-Computer Interaction Series. London: Springer London, pp. 91–110.

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Broadribb, Stephanie; Peachey, Anna; Carter, Christopher and Westrapp, Francine (2009). Second Life in the Open University: how the virtual world can facilitate learning for staff and students. In: Wankel, Charles and Kingsley, Jan eds. Higher Education: Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds. International Perspectives on Education and Society (12). Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, pp. 203–220.

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Twining, Peter and Peachey, Anna (2009). Open virtual worlds as pedagogical research tools: learning from the Schome Park Programme. In: Tatnall, Arthur and Jones, Anthony eds. Education and Technology for a Better World: 9th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2009, Bento Gonçalves, Brazil, July 27-31, 2009, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (302). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer, pp. 263–272.

Childs, Mark; Childs, Anna; Jackson, Lizzie and Hall, Phil (2017). Grandfathers, cogs and gloop; learner choices for designs of companion agents. Higher Education Journal of Learning and Teaching, 9(1)

Gillen, Julia; Ferguson, Rebecca; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2012). Distributed cognition in a virtual world. Language and Education, 26(2) pp. 151–167.

Peachey, Anna and Herman, Clem (2011). Presence for professional development: students in the virtual world. Learning Technology, 13(4) pp. 11–14.

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Gillen, Julia; Twining, Peter; Ferguson, Rebecca; Butters, Oliver; Clough, Gill; Gaved, Mark; Peachey, Anna; Seamans, Dan and Sheehy, Kieron (2009). A learning community for teens on a virtual island - The Schome Park Teen Second Life Pilot project. eLearning Papers, 2009(15) www.elearningpapers.eu.

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Peachey, Anna and Walshe, Sarah (2008). The Management Challenge Online: e-learning in practice. International Journal of Advanced Corporate Learning, 1(1) pp. 27–33.

Ferguson, Rebecca; Childs, Mark; Okada, Alexandra; Sheehy, Kieron; Tatlow-Golden, Mimi and Childs, Anna (2020). Creating a Framework of fun and Learning: Using Balloons to Build Consensus. In: 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning - ECGBL 2020, 23-25 Sep 2020, Brighton (held virtually due to COVID).

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Childs, Anna (2015). Open Doors: What value can an Open University bring to Higher Education in Development? In: International Conference on the Role of Higher Education in Development, 23-24 Jul 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Peachey, Anna (2015). Exploring the strengthening of higher education systems for massive numbers of students in Ghana. In: eLearning Africa: 10th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, 20-22 May 2015, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Peachey, Anna (2014). Higher Education and Development: Tackling 21st Century Challenges: Conference report (WP1331). In: Higher Education and Development: Tackling 21st Century Challenges, 23-25 Jun 2014, Wilton Park, Steyning, West Sussex, UK.

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Peachey, Anna (2014). Towards meaningful strengthening of higher education systems for massive numbers of students in Ghana. In: UKFIET Forum on Higher Education and International Development, 24 Oct 2014, London, UK.

Peachey, Anna (2014). How educational technology can marry quality and quantity: (how educational technology can address the challenge of quality at scale). In: Abstracts of the Proceedings of Second International Conference on Information Technology for Development.

Aronowsky, Audrey; Sanzenbacher, Beth; Childs, Mark; Peachey, Anna; Villanosa, Krystal; Thompson, Johanna and Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (2013). Promoting embodied learning through virtual and real world gaming experiences. In: Proceedings GLS 9.0 Games + Learning + Society Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, June 12 - 14, 2013 (Williams, Caroline C.; Ochsner, Amanda; Dietmeier, Jeremy and Steinkuehler, Constance eds.), ETC Press, pp. 68–74.

Peachey, Anna; Withnail, Greg and Braithwaite, N St.J (2012). Experimentation not simulation: Learning about physics in the virtual world. In: The Second Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, 12-13 Mar 2012, Prague, Czech Republic.

Peachey, Anna (2011). Managing responsibility for student identities in a virtual world. In: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments (ReLIVE 2011), 21-22 Sep 2011, Milton Keynes, UK.

Peachey, Anna; Livingstone, Daniel and Withnail, Greg (2011). Developing a mashup for virtual world and VLE content: SLOODLE at The Open University. In: Conference Proceedings & Book of Abstracts, pp. 15–16.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna (2011). Love it or hate it: students' responses to the experience of virtual worlds. In: Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds: Opening an Undiscovered Country.

Ferguson, Rebecca; Gillen, Julia; Peachey, Anna and Twining, Peter (2011). The strength of cohesive ties: discursive construction of an online learning community. In: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments (ReLIVE 2011), 21-22 Sep 2011, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Beatrice; Peachey, Anna; de Freitas, Sara and Nehmzow, Claus (2011). Social cnferencing in a virtual world: the innovative approach of The Virtual World Conference. In: Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments: Conference Proceedings, Open University, pp. 154–164.

Schmeil, Andreas; Hasler, Béatrice S.; de Freitas, Sara; Peachey, Anna and Nehmzow, Claus (2011). Social conferencing in a virtual world: the innovative approach of the virtual world conference. In: Proceedings of the Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Enviornments Conference, pp. 154–163.

Peachey, Anna and Withnail, Greg (2011). It's behind you (oh no it isn't!): Learning about digital authenticity from pantomimes in Second Life. In: 1st Global Conference on Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds, 20-22 Mar 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.

Childs, Mark and Peachey, Anna (2010). Fur and loathing in Second Life: students' concerns and resistance to learning in virtual worlds. In: 5th Plymouth e-Learning Conference: Learning without Limits: Facing the Challenges: Conference Proceedings and Book of Abstracts (Wheeler, Steve ed.), p. 20.

Peachey, Anna (2008). First reflections, Second Life, Third Place: community building in virtual worlds. In: ReLIVE08 Researching Learning in Virtual Environments: Conference Proceedings, Open University, pp. 246–257.

Peachey, Anna; Gillen, Julia and Ferguson, Rebecca (2008). Fluid leadership in a multi-user virtual environment educational project with teenagers: Schome Park. In: Ecologies of Diversities: The Developmental and Historical Interarticulation of Human Mediational Forms: Meeting of the International Society for Cultural and Activity Research, 8-13 Sep 2008, San Diego, CA, USA.

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Peachey, Anna and Yanacopulos, Helen (2008). Integrating Second Life in humanitarian and development training. In: SLEDcc 2008 Second Life Education Community Conference, part of the Official Second Life Community Convention 2008, 5-7 Sep 2008, Tampa, FL, USA.