Presentation made by Dr Jason Zagami to International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference on 30 June 2010 in Denver, USA

1. Second Life as an environment for education

2. Griffith University Dr Jason Zagami www.zagami.info

3. Second Life

4. Zolt Wind

5. Griffith Oh

6. Avatars

10. www.simteach.com

20. Study 1

22. 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

23. 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

24. Study 2

29. 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

30. Study 3

31. Second Life Arts Education

48. 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%

49. 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%

50. 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%

51. 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%

52. 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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