explicit bargains: setting realistic expectations for learning in virtual worlds
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Built on an idea from Clay Shirky's book "Here comes everybody" this talk discusses how educators can set realistic goals for teaching and learning in virtual worlds such as Second Life.Please note that my font and transitions will be lost in the upload.TRANSCRIPT
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
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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