[Air-L] [JVWR] Asian Perspectives: A New Issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research

[Tzafnat Shpak]

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Dear members,

We are happy to announce the new publication of The Journal of Virtual
Worlds Research:
*Volume 5, Number 2: Asian Perspectives*

The editorial team for this issue:

   - *Kenneth Y T Lim*,* *National Institute of Education, Singapore
   - *Young Hoan Cho*, National Institute of Education, Singapore
   - *Michael Vallance*, Future University, Hakodate, Japan

East vs. West? More like East and West. There is a lot the West and the
East can learn from each other. Virtual worlds are perhaps one of the best
examples. China, Singapore, Korea and Japan all present different
approaches to virtual life. Technical and social norms reshape each other.
These unique Asian perspectives about virtual worlds were the seed for this
issue.

In this issue you will find perspectives from East Asia and Southeast Asia;
the contrasts and comparisons are at once diverse and revealing.

   - Managing Editor Corner:  East vs. West? More like East and
West<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6915?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Yesha Y. Sivan
   - Issue Editors' Corner: Virtual Worlds Asian Perspectives: a Landscape
   with Peaks and
Valleys<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6918?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Kenneth Y T Lim
   - Escaping the World: A Chinese Perspective on Virtual
Worlds<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6206?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   David Kurt Herold
   - The Demographic Distribution and Social Experience of Chinese MMO
   Players<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6282?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Li Xiong
   - The Abyss Observatory - Designing for Remote Collaboration,
   Self-directed Discovery and Intuition Development in Multi-user Interactive
   3D Virtual Environments<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6304?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Hajime Nishimura, Kenneth Y T Lim, Koji Koyamada
   - Assessment and Learning in the Virtual World: Tasks, Taxonomies and
   Teaching for
Real<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6283?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Michael Vallance, Stewart M. Martin
   - Effects of Digital Game Play Among Young Singaporean Gamers: A
   Two-Wave Longitudinal
Study<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6357?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Dongdong Li, Hyekyung Choo, Angeline Khoo, Albert K. Liau
   - Collaboration in Virtual Worlds: The Role of the
Facilitator<https://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/6225?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Announcements&utm_campaign=6d5f45af6f-Asian_Perspectives_Issue_5_2_Published&utm_medium=email>
   Benjamin G Wigert, Gert-Jan de Vreede, Imed Boughzala, Ikram Bououd

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Wishing you all an interesting reading in this special *"Asian Perspectives"
* issue, and a joyful journey in the* Journal of Virtual Worlds Research*,

*Tzafnat Shpak*
Coordinating Editor

*Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan*
Managing Editor

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