Second Life: a Venue for Informal Education and Participatory Exploration

Education Unleashed: Participatory Culture, Education, and Innovation in Second Life

Designing Teachers\' Participatory Decision-Making Model Using Delphi Combined Method and Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) (Case study: Second year of secondary education in Lorestan province)

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to design a participatory decision-making model for teachers of the second year of secondary education in Lorestan province. In this regard, first, using library and field studies, the components of teacherschr('39') participatory decision-making were initially identified. Then, using interviews with experts and based on the Delphi method, the identified fa...

Socio-economic Determinants of Health Expenditure for Low-income Householdsin the Informal Sector

Background & Aims: People`s health, life expectancy and quality of life have been affected by social determinants of health, significantly. Also, socio-economic factors may affect health expenditure, considerably. This study has evaluated the effects of socio-economic determinants on health expenditure for the low-income urban householdsin the informalsector of employment. Methods: In this stud...

Participatory Barriers to the Informal Learning of Older Australians using the Internet and Web 2.0 Technologies

This chapter aims to explore the real and perceived barriers that exist for older Australians when engaging with informal eLearning. The chapter has two main areas of focus: first, an examination of some of the challenges faced by older Australians engaging in informal eLearning, and second, an overview of two Australian initiatives designed to break down the barriers between older Australians ...

Combining Immersive Virtual Worlds and Virtual Learning Environments into an Integrated System for Hosting and Supporting Virtual Conferences

In this paper, a proposal for hosting and supporting virtual conferences based on the use of state of the art web technologies and computer mediated education software is presented. The proposed system consists of a virtual conference venue hosted in Second Life platform, targeted at hosting synchronous conference sessions, and of a web space created with the use of the e-learning platform Mood...