Explicit Bargains: Setting Realistic (Yet Powerful)
Expectations for Teaching in Virtual Worlds
Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins
SLCC 2008
You RAWK!!
I have to learnWHAT?
I don’t see
the point
I haveto
supportWHAT?
Can’t you just use our LMS?
The faculty want to do WHAT?
Are we going to be
sued?
I know this will work! Just give it a
chance!
How can we ensure that teaching in Virtual Worlds is as powerful as we believe it
can be?
A better approach to
implementation
Here Comes Everybody:
The power of organizing without
organizations
Clay Shirky
ReadMy book!
The Promise
The Tool
The Bargain
The Promise
Increased “presence”
NOAA‘s Meteora
Community bonding
Fun!
www.squonksl.blogspot.com/
The Tool
Stigmergy
Lumiere Noirthe Ivory Tower of Primitives
CustomizedAvatars
GlobalCommunity
Multi-modalCommunication
Ed LamoureuxSl.nmc.org
The Bargain
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47 49 51 53
Series1
The Learning Curve
Install and learn to get around
Customize Avatar
Learn to Build
Learn to Script
Students suspend self-limitations
Loyalist College Border Crossing
Best, justified
use of the tools
Necessary expertise
to serve as guide,
advisor, AND
instructor
Course Eval: “The whole SL thing just didn’t make sense to
me. Why did we do it?”
Students spend only minimal time and effort in SL.
Your SL island is trashed/griefed/abandoned.
“My students keep coming up with problems/issues that I
can’t solve!”
“We built this great space and now our faculty don’t seem
interested in using it.”
“My students have trouble logging in.”
Administration: “I thought you said that our SL space would
increase our enrollment!”
What deal are you making?
SL: Intellagirl TullyEmail: [email protected]
Web: intellagirl.comSkype, Yahoo, AIM, Gchat: Intellagirl
Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins
