DiGRA '05 - Proceedings of the 2005 DiGRA International Conference: Changing Views: Worlds in Play
, 2005
Volume: 3
ISBN / ISNN: ISSN 2342-9666
This paper outlines the theoretical rationale behind a doctoral research project currently in progress. Through a multi-method approach, the project examines spontaneously-emerging communities of learning in and around massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) within the context of social learning theory, social networks, self-organisation, online communities and emergence.