Global Village as Virtual Community (On Writing, Thinking, and Teacher Education).

Polin, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ475680

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Global Village as Virtual Community (On Writing, Thinking, and Teacher Education).

Polin, Linda

Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, v11 n2 p14-16,47 Nov-Dec 1993

Describes virtual communities known as Multi-User Simulated Environment (MUSE) or Multi-User Object Oriented environment (MOO), text-based computer "communities" whose inhabitants are a combination of the real people and constructed objects that people agree to treat as real. Describes their uses in the classroom. (SR)

Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Learner Controlled Instruction, Online Systems, Secondary Education, Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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