The SaLamander Project is a collaborative project coordinated by researchers and educator at The Center for Advanced Technology in Education at the University of Oregon. This project aims to create a resource that frames and focuses the need for a Community of Practice surrounding the use of Learning Objects in the Second Life MUVE.
The project is to enlist people in collaborating together to find, index, and discuss aspects of MUVEs that have educational value and share in the research, development, and training opportunities associated with those factors.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Why all this Second Life stuff??
Well this blog is all about e-learning at Hong Kong PolyU, and Second Life has served as a test bed for our e-learning over the past 6 months. Starting with our student orientation programme for new students in the School of HTM, we have since held some joint workshops with our Educational Development Centre with almost 30 teachers and others involved.
Session 1 was a lunchtime open session 15 November on the features and possibilities of using SL, Session 2 "Get a Second Life" was a more detailed introduction on 20th November, and this was followed by a support session on 22nd November for teachers wanting more details or help installing and setting up SL on their laptops. We ran a 'how to use SL' session on 27th November with 9 participants online in SL.
The session went fine in a technical sense (no serious lagging or crashing, though communication between facilitators and participants using text-based chat was found challenging as we hardly knew whether the participants were with us in the process. Audio was not used because not everyone had the tools set up in advance.
We introduced some basic controls and tools in the first 45 minutes and then teleported to Boracay, where Nick Noakes from HKUST very kindly spent about 30 minutes to introduce some educational tools on his island.
Interest in SL has been quite strong in the PolyU, especially from the Student Affairs Office, Library and English Language/ELC departments. We also had a contingent from the HK Police College for session 3 to learn more about using virtual worlds for simulations and role play for crime scenarios.
We plan to continue to provide follow up to these sessions, and to probably form some support group and share experiences using SL. We have opened departmental 'sandboxes' on our island and will meet with departments to see how we can explore working together. In addition, we will be discussing renting a cluster of islands so we can interact more easily and learn together.
10 Challenges & Solutions to Teaching in Second Life
10 Challenges & Solutions
to Teaching in Second Life
November 17, 2007
These responses were authored by graduate students and faculty, and compiled as part of a weekly assignment in EDTECH 597: Teaching & Learning in Second Life, Boise State University, EDTECH Island. Topics were chosen based on the author’s own interest.
See link here
Many thanks to Lisa Dawley of Boise State University for sharing these thoughts from here EDTECH class, on the challenges and solutions to teaching in Second Life.
to Teaching in Second Life
November 17, 2007
These responses were authored by graduate students and faculty, and compiled as part of a weekly assignment in EDTECH 597: Teaching & Learning in Second Life, Boise State University, EDTECH Island. Topics were chosen based on the author’s own interest.
See link here
Many thanks to Lisa Dawley of Boise State University for sharing these thoughts from here EDTECH class, on the challenges and solutions to teaching in Second Life.
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