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Peter Miller - Teaching in Second Life: more than pretty pictures?
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Second Life is built from user-generated content (prims)
Architecture
Single prim
Princeton
Urban planning (Unity)
Berkurodam
In SL you can build worlds that are imaginary or that no longer exist
HUDs for audience,actors and navigation
Theatron Island
Can we use SL to model the architecture of the cell?
Annu. Rev. Biochem. 2008. 77:583–613Opening of Skylabs on Nature’s Elucian Omega Island, June 2009
What were we trying to achieve?
Core skills module; focus on communication and problem-solving
2 h introduction and 5 x 1 h sessions
Introduce students to working in multi-user virtual environments
Context: interaction between host and bacterial cell wall
Intro: how is information conveyed in SL?
Texturing a prim
Protein rezzing
Database use
Making a presentation
Cell components
Proteins Simple image Multi-prim Animated texture Sculpted prim
Peptidoglycan
Prim-based model
Scratch
Image
What did we learn? Students do not know about SL
Students will edit their appearance
Need simple, consistent navigation
Plan carefully (include groupwork)
Meaningful milestones and de/briefing
One hour barely long enough for a class
Hard to be inworld and helping students
Keep it simple
Student evaluations
26% named SL sessions as one of three most disliked elements100% of students satisfied with project allocation (n = 19)External Examiner strongly supportive of continued use of SL
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Cityscape level
Notecard
Hyperlinkedimage
Features found in alpineTB sanatoria
Quests across multiple levels,Notecards can be annotatedIntegration of images, either inworld or personal
Inworld label
ORFs on giant genome
Gene marker (yellow)withinteractome (cyan) and accessory map
Protein
Metabolicpathwaybrowser
Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Datascape level
Drug
Quests across multiple levelsData/web integrationShared presenceComparison with other species
Conclusions
More than pretty pictures: context!
Does not Suit all students Handle text /web well Like low-end PCs
Does Suit visual and
kinesthetic learners Opportunity to tailor
projects to students
Development getting easier Procedural simulation
authoring tools
PIVOTE (paramedic training)
Citrus Virtual (H&S)