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IMMERSIVE LEARNING IMMERSIVE LEARNING … a passing fad or new reality? Virtual world benefits through real world solutions
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IMMERSIVE LEARNINGIMMERSIVE LEARNING
… a passing fad or new reality?
Virtual world benefits through
real world solutions
Home page in 1999
LEARNING SPACESLEARNING SPACES… have they really changed?… are we still passing on knowledge in the same ways?
THE ARRIVAL OF WEB 2.0THE ARRIVAL OF WEB 2.0
We are all part of the conversation
Supported by technology
And so through the looking glass...
A 3-d virtual world where the content is created by its users.
Your world. Your imagination
What is actually going on in Second Life?
Socialising...
WRONG – clothing for avatars Tools for Second Life users
Organisations from the real world
University of Edinburgh
Eduserv
Monash University
Ashridge Business School
Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Role play in Roma
Problem solving activity as part of SL Induction workshop
Running a business – use the SL economy
Abyss Museum of Ocean Science
Dresden Art Gallery
Assisi
Spaceport Alpha
Lectures without travelling?
Team working
Language learning – find some native speakers to converse with
Camp Darfur
Art Exhibition (Bowling Green State University)
Flying and skydiving
...mmm – next time maybe a parachute?
SOME KEY POINTSSOME KEY POINTS
• Interest and engagement• Induction• Resources• Use the students?• Classrooms and slideshows• Equipment• Firewalls – be kind to ICT Services!
GETTING STARTEDGETTING STARTED
• www.secondlife.com• Create an account and get your own avatar• Go exploring• Talk to people• Join interest groups• Join the SLED list and JISC virtual worlds list• Start off with some field trips• Have fun!
Pauline Randall (Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life)
Second Life Solution ProviderSecond Life DeveloperE-learning Consultant
virtual-e Island in Second Lifehttp://slurl.com/secondlife/virtual%20e/130/127/24
Virtual world benefits through real world
solutions
Places to visit in Second Life and some useful websites
WEB RESOURCESWEB RESOURCES
• Business Communicators of Second Life - http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/
• Companies in Second Life - http://slbusinesscommunicators.pbwiki.com/Companies+in+Second+Life
• Educause Review - http://connect.educause.edu/er?time=1222711572 • Institutions & Organisations in SL -
http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL • JISC gaming report -
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearninginnovation/gamingreport_v3.pdf
• Second Life – www.secondlife.com • Second Life Security -
https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5566
• Second Life Stats - http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php • SLED (Second Life Educators) List -
https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators • SLED Blog - http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ • Times – McKinsey Interview -
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3803056.ece • Virtual World Watch – Snapshots http://virtualworldwatch.net/snapshots/
Other options• Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml
SECOND LIFE LOCATIONSSECOND LIFE LOCATIONS
• Abyss Museum of Ocean Science - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82 • Autodesk Island – Engineering Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/220/117/22 • Bowling Green State University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Creation/255/255/33 • Camp Darfur - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/175/247/21 • Chinese School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chinese%20School/130/196/22 • Dresden Art Gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/168/128/26 • Edinburgh University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edinburgh%20University/128/128/28 • Eduserv Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduserv%20Island/104/40/29 • Genome Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/135/92/29 • Honawan – Planetarium - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honawan/96/122/421 • Illinois State – Geography-Geology - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Geo%20Island/89/73/504• Ivory Tower Library of Primitives - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/213/164/28 • Leeds College of Art & Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/44/69/34 • Monash University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monash%20University/109/147/28 • Via Montenapoleone http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montenapoleone/144/178/32 • Port Spinoza - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Port%20Spinoza/120/129/23 • Second Health - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Health%20London/126/154/27 • Streets of Baghdad - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/182/192/23• USC Marshall Business School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/USC%20Marshall/128/128/2 • Western Australia Police - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hwanung/161/146/256
Virtual world benefits through
real world solutions
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