Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13421
Title: Learning and Teaching in Second Life: Educator and Student Perspectives
Contributor(s): Gregory, Sue  (author)orcid ; Willems, Julie  (author); Wood, Denise (author); Hay, Lyn (author); Ellis, Allan (author); Jacka, Lisa (author)
Publication Date: 2013
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4205-8.ch016
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13421
Abstract: Formal off-campus flexible learning has been a feature of higher education since the 19th century. The introduction of various educational technologies over the years has provided additional opportunities for learners to undertake courses offered anytime and in any location, providing greater flexibility for the development of cost-effective learner-centred curricula. With the emergence of 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life in 2003, educators are quick to realise the potential of such immersive environments to extend the flexible learner-centred approaches that have been a feature of off-campus learning over the decades. However, the benefits of technology-enhanced learning can be contradictory and incompatible and can both widen and reduce access to education. Despite the proliferation of articles attesting to the benefits of teaching in virtual worlds such as Second Life, until relatively recently, there has been a lack of empirical evidence reporting on the learning outcomes for students participating in these virtual learning sessions. Good pedagogical practices must be taken into consideration when educating in a virtual world. The case studies presented in this chapter aim to go some way in addressing this perceived gap in the literature. In this chapter, six authors from five Australian Universities provide their accounts of teaching in a virtual world and report on the learning outcomes as well as their students' perceptions of their learning experiences.
Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: Outlooks and Opportunities in Blended and Distance Learning, p. 219-240
Publisher: IGI Global
Place of Publication: Hershey, United States of America
ISBN: 9781466642065
9781466642058
9781466642072
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
130103 Higher Education
130306 Educational Technology and Computing
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified
390303 Higher education
390405 Educational technology and computing
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930201 Pedagogy
930502 Management of Education and Training Systems
930102 Learner and Learning Processes
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160302 Pedagogy
160204 Management, resources and leadership
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
Publisher/associated links: http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/197628335
Series Name: Advances in Mobile and Distance Learning (AMDL) Book Series
Editor: Editor(s): Belinda Tynan, Julie Willems, Rosalind James
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Education

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