Resources for Education in A Digital Culture

This resource list is constantly being revised and expanded. If you know of a resource of value to the study of virtual worlds, digital games and learning, please send an email to Virtual Bacon at:
jjamison@imagilearning.com








Books:

Barr, Robert B. & Tagg, J. (1995) From Teaching to Learning: A New Paradigm for
Undergraduate Education. [Online]. Available: http://ilte.ius.edu/pdf/barrtagg.pdf

Beck, John C. & Wade, M.. (2004) Got Game: How the Gamer Generation Is
Reshaping Business Forever. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.

Bransford, John D., Brown, Ann L., and Cocking, Rodney R. (1999) How People Learn. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Castronova, E. (2005). Synthetic Worlds. Chicago: The Univesity of Chicago Press.

Jones, S. (2003). Let the Games Begin. Pew Internet & American Life. Retrieved online March 12, 2006 from: http://www.pewinternet.org

Jukes, I. & McCain, T. (2001). From Gutenberg to Gates: Education in an Online World. Ed At A Distance 15(5). Retrieved online June 2, 2006 from:
http://www.usdla.org/html/journal/MAY01_Issue/article01.html

Kurzweil, R. (2005) The Singularity Is Near. New York: Viking.

Moore, J. (2005). Is Higher Education Ready for Transformative Learning? Journal of Transformative Education. January, 3(1), 76-91

Moore, J. (2006). Games and Learning. Poster session presented at the annual
TechEd Conference, Pasadena, CA.

Plantec, P. (2004) The Future: Will there be a place for human teachers? On the
Horizon, 12(2), 88-93.

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Game-Based Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Prensky, M. (2005). Don't Bother Me Mom, I'm Learning. St. Paul: Paragon House.

Schank, Roger C. (2002) Designing World-Class E-Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Schlager, M. (2004). Enabling New Forms of Online Engagement: Challenges for E-
learning Design and Research. In Duffy, Thomas M. & Kirkley, Jamie R. (Eds.),

Learning Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education (pp. 91-99).
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Seely Brown, J. (2000). Growing Up Digital. Change, March-April, 11-20.

Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., & Zvacek, S.. (2003).
Teaching and Learning at a Distance. Columbus, OH: Merrill Prentice Hall.