High wired : on the design, use, and theory of educational MOOs / Cynthia Haynes and Jan Rune Holmevik, editors ; foreword by Sherry Turkle.
| Other author | Haynes, Cynthia. |
| Other author | Holmevik, Jan Rune. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xix, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword : all MOOs are educational : the experience of "walking through the self" / Sherry Turkle -- Introduction : "From the faraway nearby" / Cynthia Haynes and Jan Rune Holmevik -- Finding one's own in cyberspace / Amy Bruckman -- Not just a game : how LambdaMOO came to exist and what it did to get back at me / Pavel Curtis -- How to MOO without making a sound : a guide to the virtual communities known as MOOs / Jorge R. Barrios and Deanna Wilkes-Gibbs -- MOO educational tools / Ken Schweller -- Taking the MOO by the horns : how to design, set up, and manage an educational MOO / Jan Rune Holmevik and Mark Blanchard -- Day-to-day MOO administration and how to survive it / Shawn P. Wilbur -- HELP! There's a MOO in this class! / Cynthia Haynes -- At home in the MUD : writing centers learn to wallow / Eric Crump -- Defending your life in MOOspace : a report from the electronic edge / Dene Grigar and John F. Barber -- The play's the thing : theatricality and the MOO environment / Juli Burk -- Bodies in place : real politics, real pedagogy, and virtual space / Beth Kolko -- (Non)fiction('s) addiction(s) : a narcoanalysis of virtual worlds / D. Diane Davis -- Of MOOs, folds, and non-reactionary virtual communities / Victor J. Vitanza -- Songs of thy selves : persistence, momentariness, recurrence and the MOO / Micahel Joyce -- Appendix : MOO central : educational, professional, and experimental MOOs on the internet / Jeffrey R. Galin. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 97052705 |
| ISBN | 0472096656 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 047206665X (pbk.) |