Tanya Joosten presented findings of a pilot project on an emerging technology, virtual worlds (Second Life) at the October, 08, Online Program Council at the University of Wisconsin-MIlwaukee.

11. Obvious Question

12. What about the process?

14. How do we evaluate virtual worlds?

15. Mediated Communication

16. Virtual Worlds as CMC Medium Asynchronous Discussion Forums Synchronous Collaboration Tools Virtual Worlds Technology Text-Only, Static Images, Tables Text, Audio (VOIP), Static Images, Video Text, Audio (VOIP), Static Images, Video, 3-D Cues Written Verbal, Emoticons Written Verbal, Emoticons, Oral Verbal, Nonverbal: Paralanguage, Kinesics Written Verbal, Emoticons, Oral Verbal, Nonverbal: Paralanguage, Kinesics, Proxemics, Haptics, Objectics, Environmentics Feedback Delayed Immediate/Real Time Immediate/Real Time Participants Limited to course size Limited by task, invitees, and bandwidth, Somewhat limited by bandwidth and task, open attendance Media Richness Lean Medium Rich

17. Distance Education

18. General Education

19. Evaluating Virtual Worlds

22. Survey Performance

24. Engagement

25. Engagement

26. Learning

27. Learning

28. Satisfaction

29. Satisfaction