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Title:      E-LEARNING IN SECOND LIFE: OPPORTUNISTIC VIRTUAL SPACES FOR SOCIAL-COLLABORATIVE OR DEEP-REFLECTIVE LEARNING?
Author(s):      Yin-Leng Theng
ISBN:      978-972-8939-17-5
Editors:      Miguel Baptista Nunes and Maggie McPherson
Year:      2010
Edition:      Vol. I
Keywords:      Second.Life; e-learning; social learning; collaborative learning, virtual space
Type:      Full Paper
First Page:      73
Last Page:      80
Language:      English
Cover:      cover          
Full Contents:      click to dowload Download
Paper Abstract:      This paper describes an exploratory study to investigate whether Second Life is a viable social space for e-learning. A total of 361 Second Life users took part in the online survey. We first developed a theoretical model based on Technology Acceptance Model linking the antecedents into the key factors using information acquired from an extended literature review. We then undertook a survey of Second Life users. Data collection was carried out via a self-reported questionnaire. Through the use of statistical tests, our findings showed that system-input efficacy and system-output efficacy were determinants of social-collaborative learning and deep-reflective learning, leading to perceived satisfaction of Second Life as a virtual space for e-learning.
   

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