Resources
Online Role Play Guides & Information:
Assessing Online Role Play (.doc)
Evaluating Online Role Play (.ppt presentation)
Peer Review:
Peer Review of Online Role Play (.ppt presentation)
Platforms:
Online Role Play specific (Fablusi)
Online Role Play specific (UWA Simulation Builder)
Online Role Play as well as other learning designs (LAMS)
Simulation (SIMPLE - Simulated Professional Learning Environment)
Online Role Play Second Life
Communities:
SCOPE - Situational Learning Community of Practice for Educators
ICONS Project - International Communication & Negotiation Simulations
Journals:
Conferences:
Online Role Play References:
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Baron J. and Maier H.R. (2004) A community of inquiry evaluation of Mekong e-Sim: An online collaborative simulation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Educational Technology (ICET2004), Singapore, September 9-10.
Baron J. and Maier H.R. (2005) The challenge of maintaining the momentum. Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2005), Brisbane, Australia, December 4-7, pp.57-66.
Baron, J. and Steele, L. (2008) Online Roleplay in the Health Sciences. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Chesapeake, VA, USA, November 2008, G. Richards (ed), AACE, pp.590
Baron, J., Steele, L. and Al Kawas, S. (in press) (2009) Health Sciences Case Study, within Marshall, S. Kinuthia, W. Russell, R. (Eds) Cases'n'Places: Global Cases in Educational and Performance Technology, Information Age Publishing, USA
Barton K, McKellar P & Maharg P (2007) Authentic fictions: simulation, professionalism and legal learning, Clinical Law Review 14(1):143-193
Bell, M. Online role play: Anonymity, engagement and risk. Educational Media International 38(4): 251-260, 2001
Breirly, G., Hillman, M. and Devonshire, E. Learning to participate: Responding to changes in Australian Land & Water Management Policy & Practice. Australian Journal of Environmental Education. 18: 7-13, 2002
Coll-Garcia, J. & Ip, A. (2008) A Trip to Australia: Objectives, Design and Students' Perceptions of a Role-Play Simulation in an English as a Foreign Language Learning Setting. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Chesapeake, VA, USA, Nov 17 G. Richards (ed) AACE 2008 pp.678-683
Cornelius, S., Gordon, C. & Harris, M. (2009) 'Unfettered expression of thought'? Experiences of anonymous online role play, in Davis, Hugh and Creanor, Linda and McPherson, Maggie and Rennie, Frank, eds., "In dreams begins responsibility" - choice, evidence, and change. Conference Proceedings, 16th International Conference, 8-10 September, Manchester, UK. Association for Learning Technology.
Craig, P. & Bloomfield, L. An experience with conducting a role-play in decision making for a food and nutrition policy course, In L. Markauskaite, P. Goodyear, & P. Reimann (Eds.) Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Who's Learning? Whose Technology? Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Davenport, A. & Baron, J. Meeting the 21st century challenge: The situational learning initiative at U Adelaide in ASCILITE 2007, Singapore, December 2007
De Wever, B., Van Winckel, M., & Valcke, M. (2008) Discussing Patient Management Online: The Impact of Roles on Knowledge Construction for Students Interning at the Paediatric Ward. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 13, 25-42
Demetrious, K. Playing a critical role: Experiential learning resources and analytical media studies in higher education in ASCILITE 2007, Singapore, December 2007
Devonshire, E. Peer review: A process of EnRoLE(ing) as a reuser in ASCILITE 2007, Singapore, December 2007
Devonshire, E. (2006). Repurposing an Online Role Play: Exploring the institutional and pedagogical challenges, In L. Markauskaite, P. Goodyear, & P. Reimann (Eds.) Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Who's Learning? Whose Technology? (pp. 256Ð265). Sydney: Sydney University Press.
Dracup, M. (2012) Designing online role plays with a focus on story development to support engagement and critical learning for higher education, Journal of Learning Design, vol. 5, no. 2.
Dracup, M. (2009) 'Story as a vehicle for learning in online role plays: A case study', paper presented at Australian Association for Research in Education International Education Research Conference 2009, Canberra [Full Paper (.doc)]
Mary Dracup (2008) Role play in blended learning: A case study exploring the impact of story and other elements Australasian Journal of Educational Technology 2008, 24(3), 294-310.
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Genat, B., Naidu, S. & Fong, P. Shifting perspectives about Aboriginal health and history: Using digital archives in an online role play , In Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? Proceedings ascilite 2008, Melbourne
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Hirst, D., Riddle, M. and Young, S. "Maintaining the momentum throughout The Campaign: Role-play in political communication", in Balance, Fidelity, Mobility: Maintaining the Momentum? proceedings of ASCILITE December 2005, Brisbane, pp, 255-259
Jamaludin, A., Ho, M.L.C. & Chee, Y.S. The impact of structured argumentation and enactive role play on students' argumentative writing skills in ASCILITE 2007, Singapore, December 2007
Jones, S. Adding value to online role plays: Virtual situated learning environments in ASCILITE 2007, Singapore, December 2007
Kirkpatrick D., McLaughlan R.G., Maier H.R., Hirsch P. (2002) Developing scholarship through collaboration in an online roleplay-simulation: Mekong eSim, a case study. Proceedings of the Scholarly Inquiry in Flexible Science Teaching and Learning Symposium, UniServe Science, The University of Sydney, pp.13-18. (Invited Paper).
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