deep|think: A Second Life environment for part-time research students at a distance

Rapanotti, Lucia; Barroca, Leonor; Vargas-Vera, Maria and Reeves, Ahmad (2010). deep|think: A Second Life environment for part-time research students at a distance. In: ICALT 2010: The 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning, Technologies, 1-5 Jul 2010, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.

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Abstract

This paper reports on the design of a Second Life campus for a new innovative post-graduate research programme at the Open University, UK, a world leader in supported distance higher education. The programme, launched in October 2009, is a part- time Master of Philosophy (MPhil) to be delivered at a distance, supported by a blend of synchronous and asynchronous Internet technologies. This paper briefly discusses the pedagogical thinking behind the Second Life campus, and the way the implementation was designed to meet the pedagogy. The paper also reports on the outcome of an early evaluation we have conducted.

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