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The Development of a Virtual University Campus Using Second Life

The Development of a Virtual University Campus Using Second Life

Maria Vargas-Vera
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781522541912|ISBN10: 1522541918|EISBN13: 9781522541929
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4191-2.ch008
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Vargas-Vera, Maria. "The Development of a Virtual University Campus Using Second Life." Enhancing Knowledge Discovery and Innovation in the Digital Era, edited by Miltiadis D. Lytras, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 148-161. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4191-2.ch008

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Vargas-Vera, M. (2018). The Development of a Virtual University Campus Using Second Life. In M. Lytras, L. Daniela, & A. Visvizi (Eds.), Enhancing Knowledge Discovery and Innovation in the Digital Era (pp. 148-161). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4191-2.ch008

Chicago

Vargas-Vera, Maria. "The Development of a Virtual University Campus Using Second Life." In Enhancing Knowledge Discovery and Innovation in the Digital Era, edited by Miltiadis D. Lytras, Linda Daniela, and Anna Visvizi, 148-161. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4191-2.ch008

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Abstract

This paper presents the development of a virtual campus named DeepThink designed to support a postgraduate program named MPhil (Master in Philosophy) at The Open University. The MPhil is a formal Open University degree delivered to a distance. The virtual campus integrates second life, moodle and several Web 2.0 technologies like elluminate (online conferencing tool), MyStuff (e-Portfolio), Skype and Ning (Social network). This integration between second life and web 2.0 technologies has caused enthusiasm in tutors at the Open University who saw the benefit of using DeepThink in their courses. This campus is an innovative project which brings new ways of supervision. Our campus DeepThink in general promotes higher Education using technologies like second life, which has shown to be useful in supervision and teaching undergraduate courses. Finally, we discuss our experiences on second life and its limitations.

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