Project Title : PolyU Virtual Hotel Student Feedback on Second Life Part A: Second Life Q.1
How would you rate the level of difficulty when using Second Life ? Category
Very easy
Easy
Manageable
Difficult
Registration Installation Basic Control Movement Communication Transportion Appearance Searching Inventory
Very difficult
Other comments about using Second Life (if any): ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Q.2
What are the most attractive or interesting things you found about Second Life? (You can tick more than one)
Features You can modify your avatar’s appearance. You can go visiting different places in Second Life.
You can meet different people in Second Life.
You can create any object you want.
You can experience another dimension of activity in the virtual world
You can enjoy voice chat with friends and people from all over the world
You can have a free account registration with not much personal information
You are attracted by the 3D graphics You can enjoy media shared from all over the world in Second Life
Others (Please clarify : ___________________________)
Other comments on features or contents of Second Life (if any): ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Q.3
Which avatar did you choose?
Why did you choose the avatar: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Q.4
Did you change the clothing of your avatar? If so, how do you change and why? YES
NO
Changes made
Yes
Style
Texture
Color
Design
Other
Description of “HOW”
Reason for changing the clothing: _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Q.5
Did you change the look of your avatar? If so, how do you change and why? YES
NO
Changes made
Yes
Hair
Eyes
Nose
Ears
Mouth
Description of “HOW”
Skin
Limbs
Other
Reason for modifying the avatar: ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
Part B: Virtual Learning Q.6
The experience of using Second Life for learning Have you found this interactive activity an interesting experience in your class/course? very interesting
Interesting
Neutral
Not very interesting
Boring
Please comment on your answers: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Q.7
How would you rate the benefits of using Second Life to assist your learning, especially in this class? More realistic Interactive Fun Arouse learning interest Effective in gaining knowledge Updated information Improve collaboration Improve cooperation Improve communication
Very good
Good
Satisfactory
OK
Poor
Other comment on learning in Second Life (if any): ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Q.8
What content can be added to how can we improve this or similar activities to give you a more useful experience, so as to improve your learning experience? ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Q.9
Do you have any other suggestions on how PolyU could use Second Life for learning and teaching? What subjects could benefit, and how?
9.1_________________________________________________________________________ 9.2_________________________________________________________________________ 9.3_________________________________________________________________________ Any other ideas: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
Part C: Learning through games and simulations Q.10
Have you used any virtual worlds before, such as Habbo Hotel or World of Warcraft? If so, please list you top three favourite games and why : (1)________________________________ (reason : _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________) (2)_____________________________________ (reason : ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________) (3)_____________________________________ (reason : ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________)
Q.11
Do you have any experience in using any other web-based tools such as Blogs, YouTube or social networking (MySpace etc)? If so, please choose the best three of them with your comment.
Fantastic Average
Poor
Bebo
Facebook
Flickr
Linkedin
MySpace
Youtube
Skype
Others (please specifiy :__ _____________________) Others (please specifiy :__ _____________________)
Part D: Demographics
Comment
Q.12
Personal Information (tick the appropiate one) 12.1
Gender :
Male
Female
12.2
Year of Study:
Year 1
Year 2
12.3
Major field of study:
Hotel 12.4 Q.13
Tourism
Year 3
Year 4
Graduate
Other (Please clarify:____________________)
Nationality: ____________________
12.5
Age: _____________
How many hours do you spend using the internet for learning each week ?
Less than 1 hour
1 hour to 5 hours
5 hours to 10 hours
More than 10 hours
Please state how you spend your learning time on the computer: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Reasons for not using computer for learning (you can tick more that one): Reason Bad for my eyes Not familiar with using computer & software Insufficient computer resources at home
Agreed
Disagreed
Others (Please clarify: _____________________ _______________________________________)
Q.14
How many hours do you spend using the internet for leisure each week ?
Less than 1 hour
1 hour to 5 hours
5 hours to 10 hours
More than 10 hours
Please state how you spend your leisure time on the computer. __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Q.15
What time of day (or night) do you usually participate in the virtual world or the Internet ?
(tick as appropriate)
Usual habit of participation in the virtual world of the Internet Time
Weekday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
06 :00-09 :00 09 :00-12 :00 12 :00-15 :00 15 :00-18 :00 18 :00-21 :00 21 :00-00 :00 00 :00-03 :00 03 :00-06 :00 * * * End of Questionnaire - Thank You * * *
Friday
Saturday