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Table 4 Opinion questionnaire after clinical sessions: Second Life as an teaching environment and comparison with other face-to-face and distance methods

From: Experience with using second life for medical education in a family and community medicine education unit

Question

Answer

% (n/N)

Does it matter to you to be represented by an avatar?

“it doesn’t matter”, “we aren’t aware of it”

32.89% (25/76)

 

“no”, “not in the least”, “it’s fun”

35.53% (27/76)

 

no response

31.58% (24/76)

Did you think it was positive being able to see the speaker, setting and presentations?

“yes”, “positive”

26.32% (20/76)

 

“we only saw the screen”

47.36% (36/76)

 

“we didn’t care”, “it didn’t matter”

26.32% (20/76)

In general, did you like this tool?

“yes”, “it let us connect with other centres in the zone”

100% (76/76)

Do you consider it better than other distance learning methods?

“yes”, “much better”, “by far”

65.79% (50/76)

 

no response

32.21% (26/76)

Do you consider it better than other face-to-face learning methods?

“yes, in some aspects”, “it's more comfortable”

38.16% (29/76)

 

“it depends”

2.63% (2/76)

 

“no”

57.89% (44/76)

 

no response

1.32% (1/76)

  1. SL: Second Life.