Metaverses as a platform for game based learning

Kristoffer Getchell; Iain Oliver; Alan Miller; Colin Allison; Alan Henry David Miller

doi:10.1109/AINA.2010.125

Metaverses as a platform for game based learning

Kristoffer Getchell, Iain Oliver, Alan Miller, Colin Allison, Alan Henry David Miller

School of Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper evaluates metaverses as a platform for game based learning. Metaverses such as Second Life are a relatively new type of Internet application. Their functionality is similar to that offered by 3D multi-player online games, but differs in that users are able to construct the environment that avatars inhabit and are not constrained by predefined goals of the type found within a game environment. From a quality of service (QoS) perspective metaverses are similar to games in that the timeliness of network communication is important, but differ in that their demands upon host server systems and network traffic are more bandwidth intensive. This paper contributes to our understanding of metaverses by presenting a case study of the application of Game Based Learning (GBL) within a metaverse environment, by situating the case study within a survey of the state of the art in GBL in metaverses and by analysing the QoS delivered by the widely used Second Life metaverse under a range of evaluator-induced network conditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2010
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1195--1202
ISBN (Print)	Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-6695-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AINA.2010.125
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2010 - Perth, Australia Duration: 20 Apr 2010 → 24 Apr 2010

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Conference	24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2010
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Perth
Period	20/04/10 → 24/04/10

Keywords

Learning Technologies
Game Based Learning
Virtual Worlds
Virtual Excavation
Metaverse
Second Life
Archeology
Multi User Virtual Environment
MUVE

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Getchell, K, Oliver, I, Miller, A, Allison, C & Miller, AHD 2010, Metaverses as a platform for game based learning. in Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2010 . IEEE, pp. 1195--1202, 24th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA), 2010, Perth, Australia, 20/04/10. https://doi.org/10.1109/AINA.2010.125

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