The Academia Electronica – Vision, Experiment, Future

• Authors: Michał Ostrowicki

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł przedstawia historię Academia Electronica – wirtualnej części Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, działającej od 2007 w Second Life. Zaprezentowano przemiany jakim Academia podlegała oraz zarysowano problematykę, która była poruszana w niej na przestrzeni 14 lat. Wyszczególniono trzy wątki analizy, z których pierwszy dotyczy filozofii rzeczywistości wirtualnej, drugi prowadzenia dydaktyki w środowisku graficznym 3d oraz trzeci, związany ze społecznym znaczeniem otwartego uniwersytetu. Tekst jest autobiograficzny, w tym znaczeniu zawiera krótkie wspomnienia dotyczące szeregu zdarzeń, tak związanych z rozwojem Academia Electronica jako uniwersytetu, jak również osobistych refleksji wynikających z długotrwałego przebywania w świecie Second Life.

EN

The paper shows the history of the Academia Electronica – a virtual department of the Jagiellonian University, which has been in operation since 2007 in Second Life 3D graphic environment. The contributor focused on the transformation it underwent and problems which have been addressed for 14 years. Three aspects of the analysis have been identified with the first one concerning the philosophy of virtuality, the second – teaching in the 3D graphic environment, and the third one revealing the social importance of an open university. This text is autobiographic, which means that it includes short memories on a number of events related to the development of the Academia Electronica as a university alongside the contributor’s personal reflections based on his long staying in the Second Life world.

Keywords

EN

virtual world; virtual community; reality; avatar; open university

PL

świat wirtualny; wirtualna społeczność; realność; awatar; uniwersytet otwarty

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 58
• Pages: 111-124

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Michał Ostrowicki

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

• https://orcid.org/0000000161634742

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18276/aie.2022.58-06

Biblioteka Nauki

2127701