Second Life as an Educational Platform: a case study on 3D Virtual English Learning
Virtual worlds have been used for many domains, such as business, technologies, and games.In education field, there are also universities build virtual campuses in Second Life.Nevertheless, applicable teaching aids and pedagogies are required for learning activities in virtual world.With the special characteristics of virtual world, we developed series of themes and virtual teaching aids to construct an educational platform for teaching and learning in Second Life.On this virtual educational platform, learning activities can be implemented with specific pedagogies.The purpose of this preliminary study is to investigate the effects of the virtual educational platform.Through an experimental learning activity, Task-based approach is implemented within an English course.Findings are discussed based on students’ reflections.
Virtual World Second Life Teaching Aids Task-based Learning Collaborative learning
Jeff J.S.Huang Stephen J.H.Yang Luis S.Y.Tseng Indy Y.T.Hsiao
Hwa Hsia Institute of Technology Taiwan Central University
国际会议
北京
英文
485-491
2012-08-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）