Learning in a different life

Pre-service education students using an online virtual world

Bibliographic Data

ID19544631
AuthorsChris Campbell (0000-0001-7749-8538, The University of Notre Dame Australia, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume2
Issue1
Publication date2009-03-06
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Virtual Worlds Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1941-8477 • E-ISSN: 1941-8477
PublisherVirtual Worlds Institute, Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4101/jvwr.v2i1.379
OpenAlexW1574107161
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

Second Life is an online virtual world that is three dimensional and uses rich graphics to allow the user to be engaged in this environment. There has been a significant increase in people using this virtual world and of those conducting research in it in the recent past. This research study analyses a project where pre-service education students accessed Second Life as part of a fourth year elective course. The students had not used this virtual world prior to being introduced to it in class. They completed a problem based learning experience in Second Life that allowed the students to explore the virtual world as well as develop an activity that could be taught to a high school class. This study used case study methodology within a qualitative research framework. Although it was only a small pilot study, results suggest that the students learned how to navigate around Second Life and were open to this new technology. Half the students reported that they would use this technology or similar technologies in the future

Human–computer interaction · Mathematics education · Medical education · Metaverse · Multimedia · Virtual reality · Virtual world · Computer Science · Digital Storytelling and Education · Educational Games and Gamification · Medicine · Psychology · Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

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