Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Immersing yourself in virtual learningUsing Second Life for Education
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
• Virtual Learning• Virtual Teaching• Virtual World
• Real Learning• Real Teaching• Real World
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Virtual Learning
• 3D immersive environments
• Simulations
• Collaboration
• Exploration
• Creation
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Virtual Teaching
• Should we simply build on existing provision?
• Do we need to provide useful additional basic skills to allow effective student integration and enhance their immersive experience?
• Do we enable and empower students to develop an identity with their avatars?
• How do we provide this if it is necessary?
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Getting Started
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Orientations
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Freebie City
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Beyond Newbie
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Playing? Living?
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Immersive Environments
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Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
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Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
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Traditional Teaching
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Less Traditional
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Being Imaginative
• Health ( + hallucinations, testes tour)• Science ( + Space Museum, Genome Island)• Using audio, creating sets• Field trips (scale, size, navigational geography)• Cultural immersion (SL user base)• Performance Art• Architecture
Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
NESIM
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Simulations
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Modular Molecules
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Collaborative Molecules
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Music Appreciation
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Music Appreciation
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Parthenon
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Assisi
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Sistine Chapel
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Cultural Immersion
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Second Sweden
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Midsommar Concert
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Alhambra, Granada
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Generalife
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Bayeux Tapestry
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‘Sky Dancers’
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Palomar Medical Center
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The Campus Question
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Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
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Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008
Teeslife
• Food technology• Art• Forensics• Nursing• Architecture• Engineering• Marketing• Sociological Research• Psychological Research
• Programming• Digital Music• Animation• History & Community Studies• Media Production• Journalism• Learning and Teaching
research• E@T Lunch
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