Technological Minimalism versus Second Life: Time for Content Minimalism

Já está disponível meu capítulo Technological Minimalism versus Second Life: Time for Content Minimalism, do livro Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms, editado por Nelson Zagalo, Leonel Morgado e Ana Boa-Ventura.

Abstract:

This chapter addresses a certain resistance against the use of Second Life in education, which is based on the theory of technological minimalism. The main arguments behind this resistance and the theory’s basic concepts are discussed. Then a critique of an example of the application of technological minimalism to the use of Second Life in education follows. Technological minimalism advocates the minimum use of technology needed to transmit content. The text argues that in the current stage of education technology potential educational tools should not be chosen based on that criterion. Technology and education cannot be easily separated anymore. As a conclusion, this chapter suggests a new form of minimalism: a minimalism of content.

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Cf. o Sumário – os capítulos podem ser comprados separadamente – e a Descrição do livro:

While metaverse platforms are no longer a novel topic, they still pose challenges for the adaption of conventional research methodologies and communication practices.

Virtual Worlds and Metaverse Platforms: New Communication and Identity Paradigms presents foundational research, models, case studies and research results that researchers and scholars can port to their own environments to evolve their own research processes and studies. The chapters cover scenarios of intellectual disciplines and technological endeavors in which metaverse platforms are currently being used and will be used, including: computation, human-computer interaction, design, media and communication, anthropology, sociology, psychology, education, philosophy, theology, arts, and aesthetics.

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