Virtual worlds for student engagement Sajjanhar, Atul 2012, Virtual worlds for student engagement, Creative education, vol. 3, Special Issue, pp. 796-801, doi: 10.4236/ce.2012.326118. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads sajjanhar-virtualworldsforstudent-2012.pdf Published version application/pdf 345.82KB 287 Title Virtual worlds for student engagement Author(s) Sajjanhar, Atul orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-0573 Journal name Creative education Volume number 3 Season Special Issue Start page 796 End page 801 Total pages 6 Publisher Scientific Research Publishing Place of publication Irvine, Calif. Publication date 2012 ISSN 2151-4771 2151-4755 Keyword(s) student engagement virtual worlds second life Summary In this paper, we study the scope of virtual worlds for student engagement in higher education. The motivation for the study is the gap in opportunities for interactivity that exist for off-campus students compared with on-campus students. A student taking a course at a university, while located in a different geographic location, has limited opportunity for student-student and student-teacher interaction; this effects student engagement significantly. We conduct a feasibility analysis for engaging students in a virtual world; Second Life is used as the test-bed to create the virtual world environment. We present preliminary findings, the promises and the limitations of Second Life as an immersive environment for engaging students. Language eng DOI 10.4236/ce.2012.326118 Field of Research 130306 Educational Technology and Computing Socio Economic Objective 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2012, Scientific Research Publishing Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30051391 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Information Technology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 18 Mar 2013, 10:19:46 EST Mon, 18 Mar 2013, 10:30:18 EST Mon, 09 Feb 2015, 10:22:20 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 20:47:02 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:39:31 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:25:53 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 651 Abstract Views, 287 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 18 Mar 2013, 10:19:46 EST