Can We Move Beyond Visual Metaphors? Virtual World Provocations and Second Life

Pamela G. Taylor

Abstract


Is it possible for the human beings, who are the driving forces behind virtual worlds and the avatars that inhabit them, to move beyond Real Life metaphors? What does this sort of questioning mean for teaching and learning in virtual worlds?

Keywords


metaphor; Second Life; avatar; art; education

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