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 ?

Very
Category Very easy Easy Manageable Difficult
difficult
Registration     
Installation     
Basic Control
Movement      
Communication     
Transportion     
Appearance     
Searching     
Inventory     

Other comments about using Second Life (if any):

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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):

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Q.3 Which avatar did you choose?

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Why did you choose the avatar:

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Q.4 Did you change the clothing of your avatar? If so, how do you change and why?

 YES  NO

Changes made Yes Description of “HOW”

Style 

Texture 

Color 

Design 

Other 

Reason for changing the clothing:

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Q.5 Did you change the look of your avatar? If so, how do you change and why?

 YES  NO

Changes made Yes Description of “HOW”

Hair 

Eyes 

Nose 

Ears 

Mouth 
 Skin 

Limbs 

Other 

Reason for modifying the avatar:

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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 Not very

Interesting Neutral Boring
interesting interesting
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Please comment on your answers:

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Q.7 How would you rate the benefits of using Second Life to assist your learning, especially in this
class?

Very good Good Satisfactory OK Poor

More realistic     
Interactive     
Fun     
Arouse learning interest     
Effective in gaining knowledge     
Updated information     
Improve collaboration     
Improve cooperation     
Improve communication     

Other comment on learning in Second Life (if any):

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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?
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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?
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9.2_________________________________________________________________________
9.3_________________________________________________________________________
Any other ideas:

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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 : _________________________________

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(2)_____________________________________ (reason : ____________________________

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(3)_____________________________________ (reason : ____________________________

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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 Comment

Bebo
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Facebook
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Flickr
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Linkedin
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MySpace
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Youtube
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Skype
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Others (please specifiy :__
_____________________)   
Others (please specifiy :__
_____________________)   

Part D: Demographics
Q.12 Personal Information (tick the appropiate one)
12.1 Gender :  Male  Female
12.2 Year of Study:  Year 1  Year 2  Year 3  Year 4  Graduate
12.3 Major field of study:
 Hotel  Tourism  Other (Please clarify:____________________)
12.4 Nationality: ____________________ 12.5 Age: _____________

Q.13 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:
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Reasons for not using computer for learning (you can tick more that one):

Reason Agreed Disagreed

Bad for my eyes  
Not familiar with using computer & software  
Insufficient computer resources at home  
Others (Please clarify: _____________________
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_______________________________________)

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.

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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
Weekday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Time
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

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