teaching & learning styles in second life

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Teaching & Learning Styles in Second Life

Dr. Lorri Mon, Florida State University

Second Life http://www.secondlife.com

Prior Virtual World Experience

1. Visited Second Life?

2. Visited Second Life and other virtual worlds?

Active Worlds http://www.activeworlds.com/

There.com http://www.there.com

Getty Art Museum in Getty Art Museum in WhyvilleWhyville

Whyville http://www.whyville.net Habbo Hotel http://habbo.com/

* The Blue Book: A Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds

http://www.associationofvirtualworlds.com/press_room.htm

Hundreds of Virtual Worlds Currently Exist

Fall 2007, Florida State University LIS 5916 “Virtual Reference Environments”

Fall 2009, Florida State University LIS 5916 VRE: http://slis.fsu.edu

Professor

Professor

VARK

Visual  Aural Read/write Kinesthetic

VARK

Visual  Aural Read/write Kinesthetic

Multiple Intelligences

Visual/Spatial Musical/RhythmicVerbal/Linguistic Bodily/Kinesthetic

Logical/Mathematical Interpersonal Intrapersonal

Multiple Intelligences

Visual/Spatial Musical/RhythmicVerbal/Linguistic Bodily/Kinesthetic

Logical/Mathematical Interpersonal Intrapersonal

Learning Styles

Visual

VerbalActive

ReflectiveSequential GlobalSensingIntuitive

Learning Styles

Visual

VerbalActive

ReflectiveSequential GlobalSensingIntuitive

ChannelPreferencesChannelPreferences

CognitivePreferencesCognitivePreferences

Learning Styles/Preferences/Intelligences

Work alone, or work togetherSee the big picture, or

follow steps in sequence

See It Hear ItRead It

Do It

Howard Gardner Richard Felder Neil Fleming

Do you identify with a particular learning style?

Read It

See It

Hear It

Do It

Not me!

1. Textual

2. Visual

3. Audio

4. Kinesthetic/Active

5. None of these

Changing Avatar Clothes

Changing Avatar Physical Features

Height, weight, facial features, etc.

Changing Skin and Hair

Anyone can become anyone…

By changing skin, shape, hair, clothes…

…or anything

Seadryke avatar video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/lorriberry99#p/u/0/POXLTDgbtxE

YouTube videos demonstrating animations in Second LifeDancing http://www.youtube.com/lorriberry99#p/u/1/qZp9B_pFuTw

Emoting http://www.youtube.com/lorriberry99#p/u/13/KJtXttzv7EE

Scripted Animations for ‘Animating’ Avatars

NOAA Hurricane Sim

Surrealist Art Exhibit

Roma – Classical RomeShakespeare - Globe Theatre

Any Place That Can Be Imagined…

The Sistine Chapel Virtual Harlem Fairchang Lagoon

…can be created

Recreations from History or Literature

Bryan Carter’s Virtual Harlem (Harlem Renaissance period)http://slurl.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Harlem/182/182/30

Field Trips and Tours

Experiential Learning Spaces

Roma: Notecard gives the history of Trajan’s Column in ancient Rome http://slurl.com/secondlife/ROMA/215/25/22

Inset: ClickableLatin graffiti

Recreations of Natural Environments

“Undiscovered Florida” from the Florida State University virtual campus – native Florida habitat and wild animals

http://slurl.com/secondlife/iSpace%20FSU/157/175/22

Museums and Exhibits

International Spaceflight Museum, Spaceport Alpha - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/104/152/22

Professor

Professor

Playing with Perspective and Scale (umwelt)

Standing by the frying pan in Greenies Sim

Virtual Hallucinations

UC Davis, audio and visuals of schizophrenic hallucinationshttp://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sedig/27/44/22/

Experiencing Brownian Motion

Exploratorium in Second Life (The ‘Splo / Sploland)http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sploland/175/75/25/

Exploring Anatomy (with quizzes)

Giant Anatomy Models (Larynx, Inner Ear) at NMUhttp://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Second%20Earth%207/70/181/48/

Playing Games and Interacting

Notre Dame _blacklibrary

Game Chatbot

Games and Quests

Scenarios and Cases – Problem-based Learning

Ann Myers Medical Center in Second Lifehttp://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hospital/76/211/24/

Heart Murmur Sim

Diagnosing by Heart Soundshttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/125/56/32

Communicating InformationSCRIPT BOOK

TEXT CHAT AUDIO PODCAST NOTECARDTEXTURE/IMAGE

VIDEO

LINKS

Slide on Whiteboard in Background

Multiple Learning Styles Instruction

Professor

Text chat and voice are in simultaneous use with synchronized visuals on whiteboard and live activity

Creating Artifacts – Books, Video

Whiteboards, Notecards, Books, Video for solitary learnersGenerating a script: http://www.3greeneggs.com/autoscript/

Conducting Research Experiments

Collecting and analyzing data on Genome Islandhttp://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Genome/189/106/31/

Visualizing the final result (the “big picture”)

Showing each sequential step in the process

Sequential Models in Learning (Ivory Tower of Prims)

Providing the “big picture” and the sequential stepshttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/210/164/27

Making a Theoretical Model Physical & Interactive

Exploring Bloom’s Taxonomy in Second Life

Facilitating Student Participation

Votemaster Voting Tool

Service Learning, and Social Presence

Guest Lecturer Hypatia Dejavu talks to Florida State University students about operating Second Life’s Community Virtual Library

Florida State University Graduation Ceremony, May 2010

Professor Paul Marty parachutes into graduation ceremonyVideo on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/fsulibit

Lesson Plan of Activities & Links in SL

SL: Lorri Momiji, or Email: lmon@fsu.edu

Mon, Lorri (2010), “Communication and Education in a Virtual World: Avatar-Mediated Teaching and Learning in Second Life,” International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, Vol 1, Issue 2: 1-15. http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=43574

IPL 15 Things on Virtual Worldshttp://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/wiki/index.php/Virtual_Worlds

ipl2 Curriculum in MERLOThttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=475898