Section 1. Self-directed and connected: pedagogical goals and online learning. Chapter 1. New personal learning ecosystems: a decade of research in review ; Chapter 2. Teaching virtual online courses in an era of negative student reviews: mixed methods controlled experiment and feedback ; Chapter 3. Teachingbydesign: complicating accessibility in the tech-mediated classroom ; Chapter 4. Participating on more equal terms?: power, gender, and participation in a virtual world learning scenario -- Section 2. 3D virtual environments: a closer look at immersion. Chapter 5. Transitions in student motivation during a MUVE-based ecosystem science curriculum: an evaluation of the novelty effect ; Chapter 6. Perceptions of presence and community in immersive online learning environments ; Chapter 7. Effects of learning traits and information display on incidental learning in 3D virtual environments -- Section 3. Gamification: the purpose of play in the virtual classroom. Chapter 8. Games in innovation education: simulated vs. authentic gamified participation ; Chapter 9. Rhetorical replay and the challenge of gamic history: silencing the siren song of digital simulation ; Chapter 10. Revisiting MMORPGs in support of learning: changes in the last decade -- Section 4. Applications in development: new frontiers in education and training. Chapter 11. Augmented reality-based training systems for teaching health and safety procedures in construction ; Chapter 12. Csi4fs: a markerless augmented reality game a novel approach to crime scene investigation training ; Chapter 13. A constructivist desktop virtual reality-based approach to learning in a higher education institution.