Title :
Collaboration Opportunities in Second Life:- Collective Experiences
Author :
Hansen, Steve ; Griffith, Sharon ; Ademagic, Miko ; Armitage, Chris ; Faulkner, Tim ; Gavrilovic, Nemanja ; Lock, Lawrence ; Miltiadis, Simone ; Ramnath, Pranav ; Turdush, Malik ; Sebastian, Rob ; Whitaker, Matt ; Hansen, Chris
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. & Math., Univ. of Western Sydney, Sydney, NSW
Abstract :
This paper presents the results and experiences of 2 groups of Australian undergraduate students in developing in-world collaborative projects in Second Life. One project developed an in-world ICT-Networking teaching environment and the other group developed a health-information learning experience. Besides undertaking the actual "virtual-world" projects, the students also recorded a journal of their individual social and related experiences. This paper presents findings on both the development of applications in the Second Life medium along with the personal impact this medium has on its users.
Keywords :
avatars; computer aided instruction; teaching; Australian undergraduate students; Second Life; collaboration opportunities; health-information learning experience; in-world ICT-networking teaching environment; in-world collaborative projects; Australia; Avatars; Buildings; Collaboration; Education; Mathematics; Navigation; Psychology; Second Life; Social network services; avatars; second life; virtual worlds;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation for Sustainability, 2008. ICIAFS 2008. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Colombo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2899-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2900-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783940
