Exploratory study on the relationship of students' perceptions towards the instructors' involvement in Second Life

Zulkanain, Nani Amalina; Rahim, Elin Eliana Abdul; Azizan, Fatin Farzana

doi:10.1109/iuser.2016.7857942

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“…Learning gains achieved by the students exploiting virtual world has been proved by Winkelmann et al (2017) in their study conducted among college students. While emphasising the potentiality of virtual world in higher education, Zulkanain et al (2016) opined that immersive environment in the 3D world offers a real environment implemented in the real time with the involvement of instructor that makes it widely acceptable as it addresses the time and space constraint. Acceptability to virtual world is often dubbed for its unique ability to explain difficult situation by visualising objects and their relationships in a shared environment (Felemban et al, 2017).…”

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“…Apart from being a popular platform for online learning (Morch, et al, 2017), "since they are designed to offer 3D space, avatars, real-time communication, interaction capabilities and collaboration" (Sipos and Balen, 2017), application of 3DVW has also been steadily perceived in medical sciences, libraries, archives and museum. Blended learning has been widely adopted in higher education institutes to lessen the time and space constraint in a learning session (Zulkanain, et al, 2016). Similarly blended library approaches have been observed worldwide, integrating the traditional automated library service with the 3DVW, encouraging users to discover library resources, services and facilities in a collaborative and experimental settings.…”

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Library in 3D virtual world: a critical review

Sarkar

2019

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Purpose The purpose of the present study is to explore the possibility of introducing a 3D environment in the library by reviewing current literature and to provide a good understanding of different purposes of using this immersive environment. Design/methodology/approach The present paper is a narrative account of libraries’ presence in the virtual world in combination with an overview of how libraries respond to the 3D environment. Relevant data for the review paper have been collected from library websites, books, journal articles, interview, etc. Findings The study found purposive involvement of libraries in this immersive environment which indicates that users use this exciting 3D medium to satisfy their information requirement. Research limitations/implications The paper basically considers publications containing observations of broader research community in the relevant field and contents in websites dealing with virtual world and outlines the major features as discussed in available documents. The review study infers that the implementation of 3D project in libraries requires a mindset for the specific approach, from the end of both librarians and users, together with involvement of funds. Therefore, a library may start with a beta project and observe the effectiveness from the users’ perspective before embarking on a full-fledged project. Originality/value With numerous examples, as evident from publications and websites, the current review study makes an attempt to improve the understanding of librarians towards informed selection of projected purposes to be integrated with the virtual world from library perspective. The study also presents different approaches of libraries motivating users in the virtual world that other libraries may follow while considering their 3D library project.

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