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11.09.2008 Tobias H
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lterhof www.hoelterhof.net 1
Department of Educational Science
Philosophical Aspects of  Virtual Learning
Tobias H
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lterhof, M.A.University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany 
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)11.09.2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden You can download and view this presentation at:
http://www.hoelterhof.net
 
11.09.2008 Tobias H
ö
lterhof www.hoelterhof.net 2
Department of Educational Science
0. Three different usages of “virtual”(Wolfgang Welsch)
Welsch, Wolfgang. «Virtual to Begin with?.» Subjektivit
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ffentlichkeit: Kulturwissenschaftliche Grundlagenprobleme virtuellerWelten. Ed. by Sandbothe, Mike; Marotzki, Winfried. K 
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ln: Harlem, 2000. 25-60.
1. technical usage2. Internet-related usage3. environmental usage
Used to describe
a simulation of a process or a deviceUsed to describe
an electronic generation of things
Internet-related thingsUsed to describe
 virtual reality in the narrow sense
 
11.09.2008 Tobias H
ö
lterhof www.hoelterhof.net 3
Department of Educational Science
1. Technical usage of “virtual”
Simulation of physically not present device in computer technology 
Refers to the distinction between software and hardware
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