Objects, Worlds, and Students: Virtual Interaction in Education

Table 3

The findings of the questionnaire regarding student feelings about the interactions with their fellow students.

Interacting with other users of the virtual world in the context of the practical sessions…		Strongly Agree		Agree		Neither Agree nor Disagree		Disagree		Strongly Disagree		Mean		Standard deviation
15	…is a good reason for me to use a virtual world.	3	6%	26	52%	13	26%	7	14%	1	2%	3.46	Neither Agree nor Disagree	0.89
16	…made me feel I am actually present in the virtual world.	8	16%	20	40%	12	24%	8	16%	2	2%	3.48	Neither Agree nor Disagree	1.07
17	…made me “experience the knowledge” along with others.	5	10%	26	52%	12	24%	4	8%	3	6%	3.52	Agree	0.99
18	…helped me take real-time feedback for my work from other users.	6	12%	26	52%	12	24%	5	10%	1	2%	3.62	Agree	0.9
19	…made the learning material more attractive for me.	10	20%	25	50%	12	24%	2	2%	1	2%	3.82	Agree	0.87
20	…made me participate gladly in the practical sessions.	8	16%	25	50%	14	28%	3	6%	0	0%	3.76	Agree	0.8
21	…made me more open and positive to collaborations.	6	12%	23	56%	18	36%	3	6%	0	0%	3.64	Agree	0.78
22	…made me learn what other users already knew.	9	18%	27	54%	9	18%	5	10%	0	0%	3.8	Agree	0.86
23	…made me teach other users things I knew.	8	16%	25	50%	12	24%	5	10%	0	0%	3.72	Agree	0.86
24	…was interesting since I had the opportunity to chat with others about our projects.	10	20%	23	46%	13	26%	4	8%	0	0%	3.78	Agree	0.86
25	…was fun.	12	24%	24	48%	10	20%	4	8%	0	0%	3.88	Agree	0.87
26	…made the practical sessions more attractive to me.	9	18%	28	56%	11	22%	2	2%	0	0%	3.88	Agree	0.75
27	…made learning easier for me compared to just studying.	10	20%	28	56%	8	16%	3	6%	1	2%	3.86	Agree	0.88
28	…pleased me a lot, especially when collaborating with others for a common goal.	5	10%	27	54%	12	24%	6	12%	0	0%	3.62	Agree	0.83
29	…pleased me a lot, especially when we were laughing with our mistakes.	11	22%	28	56%	10	20%	1	2%	0	0%	3.98	Agree	0.71
30	…pleased me a lot, especially when we were having breaks from our work.	2	2%	27	54%	18	36%	1	2%	2	2%	3.52	Agree	0.79