Second Life As An Environment For Higher Education

Second Life as an
environment for
higher education

Wednesday, 7 April 2010

Dr Jason Zagami
Griffith University


Second Life


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Zolt Wind


Griffith Oh


Distance and Flexible Education; Presentations, Panels and Discussions;
Training and Skills Development; Self-paced Tutorials; Displays and
Exhibits; Immersive Exhibits; Roleplays and Simulations; Data
Visualisations and Simulations; Libraries, Art Galleries and Museums;
Historical Re-creations and Re-enactments, Living and Immersive
Archaeology; Computer Programming; Artificial Intelligence Projects;
Artificial Life Projects; Multimedia and Games Design; Art and Music
Projects; Literature, Composition and Creative Writing; Theatre and
Performance Art; Photostories and Photo Scenarios; Machinima;
Treasure Hunts and Quests; Virtual Tourism, Cultural Immersion and
Cultural Exchange; Language Teaching and Practice, and Language
Immersion; Social Science and Anthropological Research; Awareness/
Consciousness Raising and Fund Raising; Support and Opportunities for
People with Disabilities; Politics, Governance, Civics and Legal Practice;
Business, Commerce, Financial Practice and Modelling; Real Estate
Practice; Product Design, Prototyping, User-testing and Market
Research; Interior Design; Architectural Design and Modelling; and
Urban Planning and Design

SLED, 2008

Study 1


2007

LMS VLE

Attendance 75% 88%
Discussion Contribution (discrete discussion
threads generated)
64 98
Discussion Sustainment (average number of
characters contributed to a discussion thread)
87 210
Discussion Inclusion (mean contribution in
characters (SD))
25 (8) 57 (15)

Average time before response (seconds) 35 8

Average length of response (characters) 139 40


2008

LMS VLE

Attendance 80% 85%
Discussion Contribution (discrete discussion
threads generated)
43 67
Discussion Sustainment (average number of
characters contributed to a discussion thread)
68 96
Discussion Inclusion (mean contribution in
characters (SD))
22 (8) 43 (10)

Average time before response (seconds) 33 9

Average length of response (characters) 110 58


Study 2


1. Creativity of the final product, as measured by self
and peer evaluation;

2. Effectiveness of the DDE process as measured by
individual perceptions;

3. Time taken to generate design;

4. Time taken to develop product;

5. Complexity of design (number of primary shapes
comprising product); and

6. Similarity of product to design.


Indiv Pairs

Creativity (1-5) 3 4

DDE Effectiveness (1-5) 4 5

Design Time (minutes) 11 24

Development Time (minutes) 12 23

Complexity (objects) 6 8

Similarity (1-5) 2 4


Study 3


Second Life Arts Education


Workshop Group Pre Post Change

Dance 16.7% 67.2% +50.5%

Drama 12.2% 62.9% +50.7%

Media 26.0% 68.2% +42.2%

Music 18.2% 70.1% +51.9%

Visual Arts 22.4% 75.6% +53.2%

Overall 19.1% 68.8% +49.7%


Second Life Group Pre Post Change

Dance 16.5% 72.1% +55.6%

Drama 12.0% 80.0% +68.0%

Media 26.3% 69.9% +43.6%

Music 18.0% 69.8% +51.8%

Visual Arts 22.2% 64.2% +42.0%

Overall 19.0% 71.2% +52.2%


Concept Trad SL Difference

Dance +50.5% +55.6% +5.1%

Drama +50.7% +68.0% +17.3%

Media +42.2% +43.6% +1.4%

Music +51.9% +51.8% -0.1%

Visual Arts +53.2% +42.0% -11.2%

Overall +49.7% +52.2% +2.5%


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