Comparing Role-playing Activities in Second Life and Face-to-Face Environments

Fei Gao; Jeongmin J. Noh; Matthew J. Koehler

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2009) pp. 423–443

This study compared student performances in role-playing activities in both a face-to-face (FTF) environment and a virtual 3D environment, Second Life (SL). We found that students produced a similar amount of communication in the two environments,...

Topics: Information Communication Technologies, Human Computer Interaction, eLearning, Communication, Collaboration, Virtual Environments, Post Secondary Education