Patterns and Process of Reasoning in Virtual Worlds

@inproceedings{citeulike:523010, abstract = {This paper explores alternative patterns of reasoning and their implications for organizing and representing information in online environments such as MOOs and MUDs. Conventional models of reasoning as argumentation or problem-solving are limiting and reactive; they do not provide for generative forms of reasoning. Christopher Alexander's concept of a "pattern language" in architecture can be productively applied to reasoning patterns. Examples of patterns of reasoning include stars, spirals, collectivities, stories, networks, spatial architectures, and fractals. Currently MOO programming is limiting and frustrating for non-programmers because it does not support diverse patterns of reasoning. Further development of MOOs for use by professionals, scholars, and researchers depends on an understanding of a wide range of knowledge-making practices.}, address = {San Diego}, author = {Syverson, Margaret A. }, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Virtual Worlds And Simulation Conference (VWSIM '98)}, citeulike-article-id = {523010}, editor = {Landauer, Christopher and Bellman, Kirstie }, howpublished = {Simulation Series Vol. 30 No.2.}, keywords = {cognitive, communications, designpatterns, information, interactive, mathgamespatterns, rhetoric, science, simulation, systems}, posted-at = {2006-02-26 18:01:10}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Society for Computer Simulation International}, title = {Patterns and Process of Reasoning in Virtual Worlds}, url = {http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/\~{}syverson/papers/vwsim98.html}, year = {1998} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:523010 L3 - citeulike-article-id:523010 TI - Patterns and Process of Reasoning in Virtual Worlds T2 - Proceedings of the Virtual Worlds And Simulation Conference (VWSIM '98) AD - San Diego PB - Society for Computer Simulation International N2 - This paper explores alternative patterns of reasoning and their implications for organizing and representing information in online environments such as MOOs and MUDs. Conventional models of reasoning as argumentation or problem-solving are limiting and reactive; they do not provide for generative forms of reasoning. Christopher Alexander's concept of a "pattern language" in architecture can be productively applied to reasoning patterns. Examples of patterns of reasoning include stars, spirals, collectivities, stories, networks, spatial architectures, and fractals. Currently MOO programming is limiting and frustrating for non-programmers because it does not support diverse patterns of reasoning. Further development of MOOs for use by professionals, scholars, and researchers depends on an understanding of a wide range of knowledge-making practices. KW - cognitive KW - communications KW - designpatterns KW - information KW - interactive KW - mathgamespatterns KW - rhetoric KW - science KW - simulation KW - systems AU - Syverson, Margaret A2 - Landauer, Christopher A2 - Bellman, Kirstie PY - 1998/// UR - http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~syverson/papers/vwsim98.html ER -