elearning : Today's lecture on macroeconomics was once again transferred in addition to the virtual world Second Life . To the 10 students pursued this course from home without the comments of the presenter or his films fail to. Your virtual representative ( avatars) were in the ui 2 campus of the University of Innsbruck, which has been involved for some time exploring the virtual teaching and gain experience.
The lecture was held for the umpteenth time in addition in Second Life place and this time I was real in the lecture and also with my Avatar , as a participating observer, here. As a business educator I wanted a picture of the potential and possibilities.
My impression: Unlike my previous experience in Second Life now works to transfer the voice of the speaker very well. The voice quality and stability of the transmission can be described as very good (but depends on the bandwidth of the Internet connection). While in the auditorium of the University approximately 35 students were present had ich im virtuellen Hörsaal 11 Studenten von denen 8 eindeutig als Studenten der Universität Innsbruck zugeordnet werden konnten. Somit nehmen immerhin schon 20% der Studenten virtuell teil. Die Darstellungqualität der eingespielten Folien in Second Life hat sich deutlich gesteigert und alle Texte und Grafiken waren sehr gut lesbar.
Der Vortragende selbst würde dieser Übertragung in die virtuelle Welt den Vorzug gegenüber einer reinen Videostreamübertragung in einen anderen Lehrsaal geben. Wobei er allerdings anmerkte, dass es dann möglich sein sollte die virtuelle Übertragung für mehr Studenten zu machen. Derzeit sind aufgrund der erforderlichen Computer capacity the virtual seminars limited to 60 students. Furthermore is still a force support that addresses the Avatar the lecturer in Second Life controlled and which records the slides. Loud speakers could take a student assistant. The increased number of participants, the very professional and practical designed virtual classroom and the high quality of voice transmission and the films show a high suitability as a virtual learning environment for elearning .
andreas.leitner @ uibk.ac.at 
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