Środowisko akademickie w Second Life – grupy, kursy i programy akademickie

• Authors: Paweł Topol

Title variants

EN

Academic environment in the Second Life – groups, courses and academic programs

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the three-dimensional virtual world of the Second Life as a filed of academic activity. The educational sector in the Second Life is still powerful and active despite certain decrease of virtual worlds’ popularity as social and business environments in the recent years. The paper provides a description of member and thematic groups as the academic cooperation tools. It also discusses the workshops, certified courses and academic programs organized in the Second Life, whose aim is to educate the scientific and didactic staff working in virtual environment.

Keywords

EN

Second Life; academic activity; virtual worlds; thematic groups; academic cooperation tools; virtual environment

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: e-mentor
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 3 (50)
• Pages: 44-51

Contributors

author

Paweł Topol

• Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

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