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Gregory, S., Scutter, S., Jacka, L., McDonald, M., Farley, H., & Newman, C. (2015). Barriers and Enablers to the Use of Virtual Worlds in Higher Education: An Exploration of Educator Perceptions, Attitudes and Experiences. Educational Technology & Society, 18(1), 3–12. http://www.ifets.info/journals/18_1/2.pdf

Gregory, S., Lee, M. J. W., Dalgarno, B., & Tynan, B. (Eds.). (2015). Virtual Worlds in Online and Distance Education: Cases and Applications. Hauppauge, N.Y.: NOVA: Science Publishers, Inc. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53820

Gregory, S., Tynan, B., Lee, M.J.W., & Dalgarno, B. (2015). Prologue. In S. Gregory, M.J.W. Lee, B. Dalgarno & B. Tynan (Eds.). Virtual Worlds for Online Learning: Cases and Applications (pp. vii–xii). Hauppauge, N.Y.: NOVA: Science Publishers, Inc. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53820

Tynan, B., Gregory, S., Dalgarno, B. & Lee, M.J.W. (2015). Epilogue. In S. Gregory, M.J.W. Lee, B. Dalgarno & B. Tynan (Eds.). Virtual Worlds for Online Learning: Cases and Applications (pp. 173–180). Hauppauge, N.Y.: NOVA: Science Publishers, Inc. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=53820

Reiners, T., Wood, L. C., Gregory, S., & Teräs, H. (2015). Gamification Design Elements in Business Education Simulations. In M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition (3rd ed., pp. 3048–3061). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Reiners, T., Wood, L. C., & Gregory, S. (2014). Experimental study on consumer-technology supported authentic immersion in virtual environments for education and vocational training. In B. Hegarty, J. McDonald, & S.-K. Loke (Eds.), Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology. Proceedings ascilite Dunedin 2014 (pp. 171–181). https://app.box.com/s/016cdyv8dq1pp0yhp1vw/2/2704865198/23032569800/1

McDonald, M., Gregory, S., Farley, H., Harlim, J., Sim, J., & Newman, C. (2014). Coming of the third wave: a move toward best practice, user defined tools and mainstream integration for virtual worlds in education. In B. Hegarty, J. McDonald, & S.-K. Loke (Eds.), Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology. Proceedings ascilite Dunedin 2014 (pp. 161–170). https://app.box.com/s/016cdyv8dq1pp0yhp1vw/2/2704865198/23032569752/1

Reiners, T., Teräs, H., Chang, V., Wood, L., Gregory, S., Gibson, D., Petter, N. & Teräs, M. (2014). Authentic, immersive, and emotional experience in virtual learning environments: The fear of dying as an important learning experience in a simulation. In Transformative, innovative and engaging. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Teaching Learning Forum. Perth: WA: The University of Western Australia.  http://ctl.curtin.edu.au/events/conferences/tlf/tlf2014/refereed/reiners.pdf

Masters, Y., Gregory, S., Reiners, T., Knox, V. & Dalgarno, B. (2014). VirtualPREX: Developing Teaching Skills in Second Life. In C.A. DeCoursey and Shana Garrett (Eds.), Teaching and Learning in Virtual Worlds (pp. 69–94). Oxford, UK: Inter-Disciplinary Press.

Gregory, S., Gregory, B., Wood, D., Butler, D., Pasfield-Neofitou, S., Hearns, M., de Freitas, S., Farley, H., Warren, I., Jacka, L., Stokes-Thompson, F., Cox, R., Crowther, P., Atkins, C., McDonald, M., Reiners, T., Wood, L., Sim, J., Grant, S., Campbell, C., Hillier, M., Meredith, G., Steel, C., Jegathesan. J.J., Zagami, J.,Sukunesan, S., Gaukrodger, B.,Schutt, S., Le Rossignol, K., Hill, M., Rive, P., Wang, X. (2014). Rhetoric and Reality: critical perspectives on education in a 3D virtual world. In B. Hegarty, J. McDonald, & S.-K. Loke (Eds.), Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology. Proceedings ascilite Dunedin 2014 (pp. 279–289). https://app.box.com/s/016cdyv8dq1pp0yhp1vw/1/2704865198/23032570210/1

Gregory, S., Gregory, B., Reiners, T., Hillier, M., Lee, M.J.W. Fardinpour, A., Jacka, L., Butler, D., Holloway, D., Grant, S., Hearns, M., Flintoff, K., Jegathesan, J.J., Ellis, D., McDonald, M., Stokes-Thompson, F., Gaukrodger, B., Zagami, J., Campbell, C., Wang, X., Garcia Salinas, J., Loke, S-K., Scutter, S., Newman, C., Gu, N., Schutt, S., Farley, H., Bogdanovych, A., Trescak, T., Simoff, S., Steel, C., Neuendorf, P., Bower, M., McKeown Orwin, L., Kerr, T., Warren, I., Wood, D., Miller, C., Mathews, S., Linegar, D., Knox, V., Masters, Y., Brown, R., Meredith, G., Atkins, C., Giovanangeli, A., Le Rossignol, K., Cram, A., Muir-Cochrane, E., Basu, A., Jacobson, M., & Larson, I. (2013). Virtual worlds in Australian and New Zealand higher education: Remembering the past, understanding the present and imagining the future. In H. Carter, M. Gosper and J. Hedberg (Eds.), Electric Dreams. Proceedings ascilite 2013 Sydney. (pp.312–324) http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney13/program/proceedings.pdf

Dalgarno, B., Gregory, S., Carlson, L., Lee, M. J. W., & Tynan, B. (2013). A systematic review and environmental analysis of the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds in Australian and New Zealand higher education institutions [Final report]. Armidale, Australia: University of New England, DEHub. Report downloadable here.

Lee, M. J. W., Dalgarno, B., Gregory, S., Carlson, L., Tynan, B. (2013). How Are Australian and New Zealand Higher Educators Using 3D Immersive Virtual Worlds in Their Teaching? In B. Tynan, J. Willems, and R. James (Eds.), Outlooks and opportunities in blended and distance learning (pp. 169–188). Hershey, PA: Information Science (an imprint of IGI Global).


Gregory, S., Willems, J., Wood, D., Hay, L., Ellis, A., & Jacka, L. (2013). Learning and Teaching in Second Life: Educator and Student Perspectives. In B. Tynan, J. Willems, and R. James (Eds.), Outlooks and opportunities in blended and distance learning (pp. 219–240). Hershey, PA: Information Science (an imprint of IGI Global).

Farley, H., Gregory, S., Grant, S., Butler, D., Jacka, L., Orwin, L. & Jones, J. (2013). The Australian and New Zealand Virtual Worlds Working Group: A collaborative community of practice, Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2013: 6th Annual VWBPE Conference – Beyond the Stage.

Farley, H., Gregory, S., Grant, S., Butler, D., Jacka, L., Orwin, L. & Jones, J. (2012). An Informal Community of Practice: The case of the DEHub Virtual Worlds Working Group. In M. Brown, M. Hartnett & T. Stewart (Eds.), Future Challenges – Sustainable Futures. Proceedings ascilite Wellington 2012 (pp. 304–307). Wellington, New Zealand: Massey University and ascilite.
http://www.ascilite2012.org/images/custom/farley,_helen_-_an_informal_community.pdf

Gregory, S., Gregory, B., Hillier, M., Jacka, L., Schutt, S., Ellis, D., Stokes-Thompson, F., Wood, D., Masters, Y., Farley, F., Orwin, L., Stupans, I., Scutter, S., Warren, I., Steel, C., Neuendorf, P., Bower, M., Miller, C., Mathews, S., Butler, D., Hearns, M., Garcia, J., Jegathesan, J.J., Brown, R., Meredith, G., Muir-Cochran, E., Flintoff, K., Grant, S., Atkins, C., Gaukrodger, B., Giovanangeli, A., Le Rossignol, K., Larson, I., Cram, A., Linegar, D., Wang, X., Muir, T., Cleland, B., Paillat, E., Grenfell, J., Hay, L., Gu, N., Williams, A., Simoff, S., Bogdanovych, A. & McCarthy, A. (2012). Sustaining the future through virtual worlds. In M. Brown, M. Hartnett & T. Stewart (Eds.), Future Challenges – Sustainable Futures. Proceedings ascilite Wellington 2012 (pp. 361-368). Wellington, New Zealand: Massey University and ascilite. http://www.ascilite2012.org/images/custom/gregory,_sue_-_sustaining.pdf

Dalgarno, B., Lee, M. J. W., Carlson, L., Gregory, S., & Tynan, B. (2011). Institutional support for and barriers to the use of 3D immersive virtual worlds||in higher education. In G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing Demands, Changing Directions. Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011 (pp. 316-330). Presented at the ascilite2011, Hobart: University of Tasmania. Retrieved from http://www.leishman-associates.com.au/ascilite2011/downloads/papers/Dalgarno-full.pdf

Gregory, B., Gregory, S., Wood, D., Masters, Y., Hillier, M., Stokes-Thompson, F., Bogdanovych, A., Butler, D., Hay, L., Jegathesan, J.J., Flintoff, K., Schutt, S., Linegar, D., Alderton, R., Cram, A., Stupans, I., McKeown Orwin, L., Meredith, G., McCormick, D., Collins, F., Grenfell, J., Zagami, J., Ellis, A., Jacka, L., Campbell, J., Larson, I., Fluck, A., Thomas, A., Farley, H., Muldoon, N., Abbas, A., Sinnappan, S., Neville, K., Burnett, I., Aitken, A., Simoff , S., Scutter, S., Wang, X., Souter, K., Ellis, D., Salomon, M.,Wadley, G., Jacobson, M., Newstead, A., Hayes, G., Grant, S., Yusupova, A. (2011). How are Australian higher education institutions contributing to change through innovative teaching and learning in virtual worlds? In G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing Demands, Changing Directions. Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011 (pp. 475-590). Presented at the ascilite2011, Hobart: University of Tasmania. Retrieved from http://www.leishman-associates.com.au/ascilite2011/downloads/papers/Gregory-full.pdf

Gregory, S., (2011). Collaboration through virtual worlds in Australia and New Zealand higher education institutions. (S. Graf & C. Karagiannidis, Eds.) IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology, 13(4), 4-6. http://lttf.ieee.org/issues/october2011/IEEE-LT-Oct11.htm#_Toc308178289

Hearns, M., Diener, S., Honey, M., Cockeram, J., Parsons, D., Champion, E., Schott, G., Falloon, G., Thompson, D., Bell, T., Grimley, M., Green, R., Cochrane, T., Davis, N., Morrow, D., Corder, D., U-Makey, A., Clear, T., Pilpott, A., Davies, R., Loke, S.K., Atkins, C., Gregory, S. (2011). He ara hou ka tu mai: NZ institutions of higher learning unpacking demands and facilitating change. In G. Williams, P. Statham, N. Brown, & B. Cleland (Eds.), Changing Demands, Changing Directions. Proceedings ascilite Hobart 2011 (pp. 571-579). Presented at the ascilite2011, Hobart: University of Tasmania. Retrieved from http://www.leishman-associates.com.au/ascilite2011/downloads/papers/Hearns-concise.pdf

Lee, M. J. W., Dalgarno, B., Gregory, S., Carlson, L., & Tynan, B. (2011). How are Australian and New Zealand higher educators using 3D immersive virtual worlds in their teaching? Paper presented at the DEHub and ODLAA Education Summit 2011–2021, Sydney, Australia. (Recipient of "Best Paper" Award)

Gregory, S., Lee, M. J. W., Ellis, A., Gregory, B., Wood, D., Hillier, M., Campbell, M., Grenfell, J., Pace, S., Farley, H., Thomas, A., Cram, A., Sinnappan, S., Smith, K., Hay, L., Kennedy-Clark, S., Warren, I., Grant, S., Craven, D., Dreher, H., Matthews, C., Murdoch, D., & McKeown, L. (2010). Australian higher education institutions transforming the future of teaching and learning through 3D virtual worlds. In C. H. Steel, M. J. Keppell, P. Gerbic, & S. Housego (Eds), Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future. Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010 (pp. 399–415). Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/Ascilite%20conference%20proceedings%202010/Gregory-full.pdf (Machinima from presentation can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw-bnyDujcY)

Dalgarno, B., Lee, M. J. W., Carlson, L., Gregory, S., & Tynan, B. (2010). 3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education: an Australian and New Zealand scoping study. In C. H. Steel, M. J. Keppell, P. Gerbic, & S. Housego (Eds), Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future. Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010 (pp. 269–280). Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/Ascilite%20conference%20proceedings%202010/Dalgarno-full.pdf (Recipient of "Outstanding Paper" Award)

Farley, H., Gregory, S., Ellis, A., Crisp, G., Grenfell, J., Thomas, A., & Campbell, M. (2010). Teaching and learning in virtual worlds: Is it worth the effort? In C. H. Steel, M. J. Keppell, P. Gerbic, & S. Housego (Eds), Curriculum, technology & transformation for an unknown future. Proceedings ascilite Sydney 2010 (pp. 339–342). Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. http://ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney10/Ascilite%20conference%20proceedings%202010/Farley-symposium.pdf