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Features class ideas and activities for use in Second Life. Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life was presented at the TCC 2009 Worldwide Online Conference, April 14, 2009 by Cynthia CalongneTRANSCRIPT
Digital Learning Environments:Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life
TCC Worldwide Online Conference 2009
April 14, 2009
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Cynthia CalongneInstitute for Advanced StudiesColorado Technical University
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How would you describe your Second Life (SL) experience?
A. Using SL in your classes - educator
B. Instructional designer in SL - creating content
C. SL user, not building content - expert shopper
D. New to Second Life
E. Not using Second Life (yet)
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Getting Started
• Create a class environment– Meeting spaces
– Second Life skills
• Educational content– Class discussions
• Public and student spaces– Class activity spaces
– Student designs
– Sandbox activities - contests, speed builds, game designs
• Go to the library– Educator tools
– Social networks
• Go shopping– Pick up tools and freebies
• Field trips– Visit the SciLands
– Visit the tutorials
– Use the tour HUD or a notecard with landmarks
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Virtual world classrooms - open spaces and imaginative
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First day in Second Life
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Teen gridclasses
Ramaporeflectionquestions
Part of anidentityexercise
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Second Life skills
In your Inventory,the Library
& Clothing foldershold new outfits
Highlight, copyand paste the items
into a new folderin the
My Inventoryfolder
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Class meetings in a gazebo - great for meetings
Easy to use for classes
- not ideal for content creation- the invisible walls block access to objects via the build menu
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Free floating seating arrangements make iteasy to build content
Students create spheres, elevate them, and discuss
their projects and concepts
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Field trips
Take a trip to the library
Visit Info island,HealthInfo island
and other library sites
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Create your own or visit Second Life libraries
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Visit the NMC, tour Second Life and share your ideas with others
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Shopping for free itemsat the
NMC Educator Freebie Center
Use these itemsfor class activities
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Field Trips
Visit the SciLands
Science sites include theInternational Space Museum,
NOAA, Science Fridays,Genome island and more!
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Simulation of the Space Shuttle by Jimbo Perhaps
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Nanotechnology lab -studying polymers
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Activities
• Collaboration - 1st day– Pass a ball - rez a sphere,
enlarge it, set it to physical & so anyone can move it
– Form a circle & pass the ball
• Human barometer activity – Design .jpgs (i.e., True/False)– Upload the textures, rez a box,
flatten, enlarge, texture, angle– Students take a stand on it
• Roleplay– Select a case study or story,
assign roles, & identify the learning objectives
– Costumes and props
• Project creation– Students create a design
– Students use SL objects to integrate into a project
– Illustrate a concept
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First MBA class at Wright State University
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Human barometer activity
students take a stand
FromGlobalKids
Students take a stand and discuss their opinions.
As they change their minds, they move to another sign.
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Middle school students roleplay the Steinbeck book Of Mice and Men
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Creativity and exercisesin learning to build custom content for
class projects
Relaxed meeting spaces
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Creativitysession
Students learnto build, name and link these
primitive shapesas they
create their draft projects
23Two projects: Autism and a military training interface
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Newspapers for myopic users, voting machine, fridge for wheelchair users
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Students create andtest their user interface
design projects.
Identifying how tosupport users
and their behavior.
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CTU student projects on display for Wright State University
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Lumiere Noir’s Ivory Tower of Primitives at Ramapo
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Texture tutorial in Second Life
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Class discussions in Second Life
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Creativity and Group Work
• Hold a conference– Student demonstrations, papers,
activities
– Invite educator groups
– Run interactive sessions
• Student-driven design– Plan an event - a play, a faire
– Create content - setting
– Schedule event, invite guests
– Run the event - roleplay
– Lessons learned
• Economy– Assign parcels to students
– Students create businesses and sell products
– Analyze profit/loss
• Group work – Plan & design (a game)
– Reuse or create content
– Student mentors
– Integrate and use
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Class meetings and
seasonal fun
Want a copy ofthis table and chairs
for your classes?
Send an instant message to
Lyr Loboin Second Life
Ask for theHoliday gifts 2008
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Work on Second Life skills
CulturalDecisions
Right click anavatar to
Add a Friend
or
Use the Give aCard feature
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To set up a custom voice or text conference
Give aCalling Card
Control click namesin your Calling Cards
folder
Right click these namesto start your
custom conference
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Be flexible and evaluate after trying a new activity
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SL Research Links 1• Second Life
– http://secondlife.com/ and http://secondlifegrid.net/
• Virtual Worlds Comparison Chart– http://www.virtualenvironments.info/virtual-worlds-comparison-chart
• Second Life Education Support Faire 2009 statistics– http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Education_Support_Faire#Second_Life_Education_Support_Faire_2009_-_Statistics
– http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Education_Support_Faire
• Cynthia Calongne’s Classes in Second Life– http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com
• Research in Second Life presentation– http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/research-in-second-life
• Artificial Intelligence in SL– http://web.bvu.edu/faculty/schweller/
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SL Research Links 2• National Public Radio’s Science Friday in SL
– http://www.sciencefriday.com/
• Virtual Worlds Management– http://www.virtualworldsmanagement.com/2009/youth-01-26-2009.html
• NOAA’s Traffic Analysis– http://mayarealities.com/
• Best Practices in SL– http://www.slcn.tv/bpe-lyr-lobo
• Annotated Bibliograophy of SL Educational Resources – http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib
• Edumuve– http://edumuve.com/tour/ and http://edumuve.com/blended/
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SL Research Links 3• Second Life as a Virtual Learning Environment
– http://www.dokimos.org/secondlife/education/index.html
• An Educational Tour of Second Life– http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/an-educational-tour-of-second-life
• A View from Second Life’s Trenches: Are you a Pioneer or a Settler?
– http://sl.nmc.org/2007/06/09/pioneer-or-settler/
• Leveraging the Affordances, Minimizing the Barriers of Virtual Worlds
– http://sl.nmc.org/2007/06/09/edu-panel/
• LearnScope in Second Life– http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/learnscope-in-second-life
• NMC Campus Observer– http://sl.nmc.org/
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SL Research Links 4• Using Second Life
– www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/SAC07025A.pps
• Beyond Course Management Tools: Second Life – www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/SAC07014.pps
• Virtual worlds in Online Education: Are You Ready to Teach in Second Life?– http://www.telecoop.org/conference/materials/CalogneTeachinginSecondLife.ppt
• What Can We Learn from World of Warcraft & Second Life?– http://archive.nmc.org/events/2006fallregional/materials/calongne.ppt
• SL Podcast by Bayne, Walker and Calongne– http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastusingsecondli/44967?time=1188754831
• TCC Preconference Wiki -- SL from a Flash drive tips– http://tccpre-conference.pbwiki.com/
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SL Research Links 5• Who’s on Second? Educational Podcasts
– http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/podcast.php?id=wos
• Second Life Development -- VITAL Lab– http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/vitalwiki/index.php/Second_Life_Development
• Suffern Middle School in Second Life– http://rampoislands.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html
• Second Life Library 2.0– http://www.infoisland.org/drupal/ and http://www.myspace.com/73899784
• Second Life Education Wiki– http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki
• LSL Wiki -- programming tools– http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage
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SL Research Links 6• Secondary Worlds
– http://secondaryworlds.com/
• Reuters -- Doors to open on Google Virtual world(s)?– http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/doors-to-open-on-google-virtual-
worlds/
• SL and Google Earth are Transforming the Idea of Architectural Collaboration– http://archrecord.construction.com/features/digital/archives/0701dignews-2.asp
• Timeline - History of Second Life Wiki – http://secondlife.wikia.com/index.php/Second_Life_Through_The_Ages
• UberNoggin: Big Brains - Big Ideas– http://www.ubernoggin.com/
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SL Research Links 7 - News• Reuters in Second life
– http://secondlife.reuters.com/
• The SL Newspaper– http://www.sl-newspaper.com/
• Second Life Herald– http://www.secondlifeherald.com/
• Metaverse Messenger– http://metaversemessenger.com/index.html
• SLNN– http://www.slnn.com/index.php
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SL Research Links 8• New Worlds Notes
– http://nwn.blogs.com/
• SL A Virtual Universe for Real Engineering– http://www.designnews.com/index.asp?
layout=article&articleid=CA6490691
• Just Virtual– http://www.justvirtual.com/index.php/category/second-life/
• Seifert Surface - Math in Second Life– http://www.segerman.org/2ndlife.html
• Eric McLuhan in Second Life - Playing Media Ecology– http://slcn.tv/media-ecology-eric-mcluhan
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Digital Learning Environments:Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life
Cynthia CalongneLyr Lobo in SL
http://edumuve.com http://ctusoftware.blogspot.comhttp://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo