ABSTRACT
There are three pedagogies: that is, there is the traditional pedagogy of the classroom, there is the pedagogy for the adult, called ‘andragogy’, and there is the pedagogy of virtual worlds called ‘cybergogy’. In this series of books on psychology for the classroom, this chapter usually reflects upon pedagogy with some important references to andragogy. However, this chapter focuses upon pedagogy as it relates to technology-enabled teaching and cybergogy as it relates to learning in virtual worlds. The first part of the chapter identifies and describes the key factors relating to the success of technology in teaching: belief, motivation, immediacy and different aspects of engagement. The virtual learning environment (VLE) is a key feature of teaching with technology and has an important role in pedagogy. The second part identifies the affordances and challenges to teaching of the VLE, including the routes of communication, social interactivity, engagement and assessment. Finally, an analysis of cybergogy in the virtual world is presented.
