Teacher Questionnaire On Second Life

Project Title : PolyU Virtual Hotel Teacher Feedback on teaching and learning using Second Life Part A: Virtual Teaching Q.1

How would you describe you in-class experience of virtual teaching? Very interesting

Interesting

Neutral

Not very helpful

Troublesome

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Please comment on your answers: __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Q.2

How would you rate the benefits of using Second Life to assist your teaching? More realistic Interactive Fun Arouse interest Effective in gaining knowledge Updates information Improve collaboration Improve cooperation Improve communication

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Do you think that virtual teaching is a good option for encouraging students’ learning and effective knowledge transferring?  YES  NO Comment (if any): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

Q4

What kind of support is most significant for you to use Second Life in teaching?  Training workshop for teachers  Training workshop for students  Activity / Game design based on the curriculum  In-class technical support  Assessment tool  Log specific data for evaluation  Media materials preparation  Multimedia tools development, such as projector for powerpoint Any other comments about support provided for Second Life (if any): ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Q.5a

Q.5b

Q.6

What are the drawbacks of virtual teaching? Drawback Long training time required

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Too much dependency on the technology (software and hardware)

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Employment risk

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Lack of human interaction Other: ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

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What are the advantages of virtual teaching? Advantage Provide more interesting learning experience

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Catch up to the up-to-date educational trends, such as game-based learning

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International interaction

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Broaden the view of both teachers and students

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Other: ________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________

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What worked well in your virtual teaching experience? Comment

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Learning environment

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Learning effectiveness

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Interactions with others

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Voice or chat

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Other (please specify: _______ _________________________)

What didn’t work in your virtual teaching experience? Comment

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Learning environment

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Learning effectiveness

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Movement and control

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Voice or chat

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Other (please specify: _______ _________________________)

What could be done better to improve the learning activities to give you a more useful 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 B: Using Second Life Q.10

Q.11

How would you rate the level of difficulty when using Second Life ? Catergory

Very easy

Easy

Manageable

Difficult

Very difficult

Registration Installation Basic Control Movement Communication (e.g. chat, voice) Transportation Appearance modification Searching Inventory

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What are the most attractive or interesting things you found about Second Life? Features

(You can tick more than

one)

Q.12

You can modify your avatar’s appearance.

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You can go visiting different places in Second Life.

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You can meet different people in Second Life.

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You can create any object you want based on teaching.

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You can experience another dimension of activity in the virtual world

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You can enjoy voice or chat with friends and people from all over the world

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You can have a free account registration

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You are attracted by the 3D virtual environment

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You can enjoy media shared from all over the world in Second Life

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You can join events in Second Life

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Others (Please specify : ________________________________________)

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What was your experience of dealing with an avatar in this virtual world?

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Comment (if any): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Q.12

Any other comments about using Second Life (if any): ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Part C: Virtual gaming and simulations experience Q.13

What is your experience of virtual gaming or simulation? (Choose the most suitable one)  Appreciated

 Satisfied

 Frustrated

 Annoyed

Comment (if any): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Q.14

Have you participated in any virtual worlds before, such as Habbo Hotel or World of Warcraft? If so, please list your top three impressive worlds and how you feel about them: (1)________________________________ (reason : _________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________) (2)_____________________________________ (reason : ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________) (3)_____________________________________ (reason : ____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________)

Q.15

Do you have any experience in using any other web-based tools such as Blogs, YouTube or social networking (MySpace etc)? If so, please tick with your comment. (You can choose more than one)

Fantastic Average

Facebook Flickr MySpace Youtube Skype Others : _______________

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Poor

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Other comment (if any): __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

Part D: Demographics Q.16

Personal Information (tick the appropiate one) 16.1

Gender :

 Male

 Female

16.2

Year of teaching: _____________

16.3

Major field of teaching:

 Hotel

 Tourism

 Other (Please specify: ____________________)

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Nationality: ____________________

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Age:

 below 25

 25 – 30

 30 – 35

 35 – 40

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 above 40