Title :
On the Second Life-based education in virtual world
Author :
Ruan Jianhai ; Deng Xiaozhao
Author_Institution :
Libr., Southwest Univ., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
Second life is a 3-D social virtual world and a new education tool. This article stresses the importance of developing and implementing of the Second life-based education in virtual world. In this article, several major aspects of the second life-based education and a number of important issues have been addressed. The features of the second life-based education to compare with the traditional online education are analyzed, and some practical suggestions to enhance the second Life-based education are provided. The authors believe that the second Life-based education will be more and more popularized in future.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; interactive systems; social networking (online); virtual reality; 3D social virtual world; online 3D interactive computer game; second life-based education; Collaboration; Computer science education; Continuing education; Educational programs; Information science; Interactive systems; Internet; Libraries; Second Life; Stress;
Conference_Titel :
IT in Medicine & Education, 2009. ITIME '09. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jinan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3928-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3930-0
DOI :
10.1109/ITIME.2009.5236225
