Analyzing the Design of Telecollaboration in Second Life using Activity Theory

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Author(s): Mats Deutschmann (Umeå University, Sweden), Judith Molka-Danielsen (Molde University College, Norway)and Luisa Panichi (Pisa University, Italy)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Teaching and Learning in 3D Immersive Worlds: Pedagogical Models and Constructivist Approaches
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Amy Cheney (Appalachian State University, USA)and Robert L. Sanders (Appalachian State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-517-9.ch009

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Virtual Learning Environments

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Internationally, Second Life (SL) has in recent years become accepted as a platform for innovative educational activities at many universities. One such activity includes ways of enabling students coming in contact with other students in so-called telecollaboration. Using an Activity Theoretical model, the present case study describes the design and initial implementation of a telecollaborative learning activity between four universities in Second Life. The four student groups were all attending quite different programs and the main challenges encountered were that of accommodating the different needs taking the diverse motivational objectives of each group into account, and making use of affordances the tool (SL) in this pursuit.

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