A Virtual World Environment for Group Work

Brown, Elaine; Hobbs, Mike; Gordon, Marie

doi:10.4018/978-1-60566-938-0.ch013

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“…It was pointed out that the fact of dealing with the environment was challenging, innovative and, together with the development of real activity (consultancy), stimulated the students. This result is corroborated by the literature, which points out that the affordances of the environment provide differentiated support, with different interactions of the traditional classroom (Brown et al, 2008).…”

Section: Simulationsupporting

confidence: 76%

Design Science Research in Developing Leadership in Virtual Worlds

Junior¹,

Bitencourt²,

Cabral³

et al. 2019

IJSRM

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This paper discusses the Design Science Research (DSR) approach applied in the development of leadership skills in undergraduate business administration students. The development of leadership skills is essential for managers; however, business undergraduate courses do not provide many opportunities and spaces for students to develop their skills. To fill this gap, using the DSR method it was possible to build, test and evaluate an artefact that could be utilized as a training method for leadership development in the threedimensional virtual world Second Life. The research was developed in a business administration undergraduate course in one university in South Brazil. This paper describes the steps of the research showing all methodological considerations and accordingly its contribution to rigor and relevance in the DSR domain. The results demonstrate that DSR is an appropriate approach to study and develop competencies in practice. Furthermore, it was possible to identify the possibilities and limitations of the artefact. The results also indicate that this virtual environment has the resources for the user to encounter a context close to reality. Finally, this paper is useful to researchers who wish to apply the DSR method and serves as supporting material for teaching management, as the created artefact can be totally or partially replicated.

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Section: Simulationsupporting

confidence: 76%

Design Science Research in Developing Leadership in Virtual Worlds

Junior¹,

Bitencourt²,

Cabral³

et al. 2019

IJSRM

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“…• Virtual worlds (Brown, Hobbs, & Gordon, 2006) • Personal computer (Becker, 2000) • Agile development (Barlow et al, 2011) Journal of the…”

Section: System Personal Gainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proposing the Multimotive Information Systems Continuance Model (MISC) to Better Explain End-User System Evaluations and Continuance Intentions

Lowry¹,

Gaskin

Moody

2015

JAIS

101

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To ensure that users want to continue using a system, information system designers must consider the influence of users' intrinsic motivations in addition to commonly studied extrinsic motivations. In an attempt to address this need, several studies have extended models of extrinsic motivation to include intrinsic variables. However, these studies largely downplay the role of users' intrinsic motivations in predicting system use and how this role differs from that of extrinsic motivation. The role of met and unmet expectations related to system use is often excluded from extant models, and their function as cocreators in user evaluations has not been sufficiently explained. Even though expectations are a firmly established consequence of motivations and an antecedent of interaction evaluations, this area remains understudied. Our paper addresses these gaps by developing and testing a comprehensive model-the multimotive information systems continuance model (MISC)-that (1) explains more accurately and thoroughly the roles of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, (2) explains how the fulfillment of intrinsic and extrinsic motivations affects systems-use outcome variables differently through met expectations, and (3) accounts for the effects of key design constructs.

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“…SL is currently the most mature and popular 3D MUVE being used in education (Dickey, ). While sharing common features with other 3D MUVEs, SL is also unique as being an open‐ended virtual world in which users are provided with tools and guidance to design, create and manipulate the in‐world environment (Brown, Hobbs and Gordon, ; Hew and Cheung, ; Ralph and Stahr, ). SL users can design and dress their avatars, own properties, construct buildings, build vehicles and socialize or do business with other users from around the world.…”

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Second Life in education: A review of publications from its launch to 2011

Wang

Burton

2012

Brit J Educational Tech

121

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The purpose of this review was to explore how Second Life (SL) has been discussed, investigated and applied in education from its launch to present. Two research questions guided the review: (1) what are the annual publication number and its percentage of empirical studies?; (2) what are the characteristics of the empirical studies regarding the academic levels, subject areas, pedagogical frameworks, evolution of research foci, research methods and sample sizes? A total of 107 papers from 68 refereed journals were reviewed. The findings of the review indicated that SL research has outgrown merely envisioning SL for educational purposes and switched to empirical explorations. Most of the empirical studies were conducted in college settings. The research had been most frequently carried out in teacher education, language education, business, hospitality and tourism and computer disciplines. The most recent research focus was to find out issues, problems and factors that might affect SL‐based learning as well as the relevant solutions. This study can contribute to the discussion on the instructional use of SL by providing researchers with a summary of previous attempted studies. Several recommendations for future research are provided based on the findings. Practitioner Notes Second Life (SL) is currently the most mature and popular virtual world being used in education. SL has been used by educators to teach and supplement classes. There are rich anecdotal stories, conference presentations and scholarly publications concerning what educators have been doing in SL. An overview of the development and evolution of SL‐related research in education from its launch to present. Answers to questions, such as “is the educational implementation of SL still in its infancy?,” “what were the subject areas and academic levels that have been explored by researchers?” and “has the research foci evolved throughout the years?” Assistance to researchers for identifying and locating areas for future explorations. There are studies, reports and stories that exemplify how SL can be used for language teaching, business, hospitality and tourism, computer studies and so on. Educators and researchers in K‐12 and adult education can pay more attention to using SL as an instructional tool. Educators and researchers in the fields such as chemistry and mathematic can explore more about the instructional use of SL.

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A Virtual World Environment for Group Work

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Design Science Research in Developing Leadership in Virtual Worlds

Design Science Research in Developing Leadership in Virtual Worlds

Proposing the Multimotive Information Systems Continuance Model (MISC) to Better Explain End-User System Evaluations and Continuance Intentions

Second Life in education: A review of publications from its launch to 2011

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