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

Authors

  • Pamela G. Taylor Virginia Commonwealth University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4101/jvwr.v2i1.622

Keywords:

metaphor, Second Life, avatar, art, education

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?

Author Biography

Pamela G. Taylor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Pamela G. Taylor, Ph.D.

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Published

2009-03-07