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The history of the application of technologies to support learning and teaching long predates the emergence of virtual worlds as immersive platforms for engaging students in authentic, culturally diverse experiential learning activities.
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Wood, D., Gregory, S. (2018). The Affordances of Virtual Worlds as Authentic, Culturally Diverse Learning Environments. In: Gregory, S., Wood, D. (eds) Authentic Virtual World Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6382-4_1
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