A Framework for Design and Evaluation of Digital Museums in Second Life as Learning Institutions

Over two decades, a great expectation on digital museums has been addressed, but most implementation platform has been web technologies. Emerging Second Life which supports rich communication, virtual collaboration, and 3-D content creation has carried out a new platform of digital museums. This paper investigates the requirement of idealized digital museums to improve the percentage of returning visitors and to impress the first-time visitors. The framework for design and evaluation of digital museums in Second Life as learning institutions is elaborated and discussed in the paper.

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