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Taking Distance Education to the Virtual Level

Taking Distance Education to the Virtual Level. Dr. Melinda Korzaan MTSU ShareFair 2010. Why Second Life?. “We remember 90% of what we Say & Do”. Second Life. Teaching in a Virtual World. Virtual... Tools Travels Techniques

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Taking Distance Education to the Virtual Level

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  1. Taking Distance Education to the Virtual Level Dr. Melinda Korzaan MTSU ShareFair 2010

  2. Why Second Life? “We remember 90% of what we Say & Do”

  3. Second Life Teaching in a Virtual World • Virtual... • Tools • Travels • Techniques • INFS 6510: Information Technology Project Risk Assessment and Control

  4. Virtual Tools • Shared Media on a Prim • Video • Existing Video (You Tube) • Create Your Own Video in Second Life • CamStudio • Debut Video Capture

  5. Virtual Tools • Google Docs • Virtual Teams: Student Collaboration • Places to Shop for Teaching Tools • Free: Dudeney Ge’s Educator Freebie Shop http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation%20II/143/213/25 • Not Free: Dracy’s Virtual Shop http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zerelia/239/109/74 • Links for Shared Media Prim In-World • Links for ShareFair.docx

  6. Virtual Travels • Ekim Dollinger and Haley Swanson, NDE Island • Foreign Languages • Karelia Kondor, EduNation • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EduNation/28/98/22 • Virlantis • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/UWA%20VIRTLANTIS/137/130/20 • ISTE Island • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/87/58/31

  7. Virtual Travels • Janyth Techsan, Texas State Technical College • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/TSTC%20Commons/123/139/23 • Dr. Danick, Texas A&M University • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/12th%20Man/11/145/26 • Open University • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Open%20University/90/38/25

  8. Virtual Travels • International Schools Island • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/International%20Schools%202/101/156/55 • University of Cincinnati • http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Cincinnati/155/53/24

  9. Remember when traveling to other islands it is important to comply with their rules

  10. Techniques • Introduce Students to Second Life • Create Second Life Account Using NMC http://sl.nmc.org/create.php • Lab • Provide a document with Second Life Activities • Take groups on a tour of Maslow’s Hierarchy • Set Privacy Settings to Record Chat • Me -> Preferences -> Privacy.  Then select Save nearby chat logs on my computer, Save IM logs on my computer, and Add timestamp.  Then, Click on the Browse button to select the location of your logs in a folder that you can easily access after the Second Life session is completed.

  11. Techniques • INFS 6510: IT Project Risk Assessment and Control • Goals this semester: • Create a virtual learning environment that provides real time communication, simulating a traditional classroom discussion experience. • Assign a virtual team research project with virtual collaboration and in-world presentation of research findings. • Create Second Life Account Using NMC http://sl.nmc.org/create.php • Lab • Provide a document with Second Life Activities • Take groups on a tour of Maslow’s Hierarchy • Set Privacy Settings to Record Chat • Me -> Preferences -> Privacy.  Then select Save nearby chat logs on my computer, Save IM logs on my computer, and Add timestamp.  Then, Click on the Browse button to select the location of your logs in a folder that you can easily access after the Second Life session is completed.

  12. Techniques • Meet in the amphitheatre • Break out into discussion groups • Use Google Docs to answer questions collaboratively • Return to amphitheatre and have a spokesperson from each group share their group discussion with the class • Display Google Docs document for the class on a shared media prim

  13. Peaceful MTSU Island Before My Class

  14. Students show creativity during the lab

  15. Students build am elevated platform

  16. My students turned MTSU Island into a forest How will we get to the amphitheatre through all of these trees?

  17. Class meeting in the Amphitheater

  18. Blue Group Working in the Amphitheater

  19. Green group is working in the media center

  20. Orange group collaborating on the KOM roof

  21. Purple group focusing on their document in the KOM

  22. Air view of the Yellow group working in the Mushroom Classroom

  23. The Red group collaborating in the hills of MTSU Island

  24. Class is over and I’m flying home on my Pegasus Questions?

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