The 2009 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning, the thirteenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore the impact of new media on teaching, learning, research, and creative expression, especially in higher education. NMC Symposium on New Media & Learning http://www.nmc.org/node/6565 The NMC have just advised that my presentation proposal has been […]
Image via Wikipedia Q: I have a girl doing Schol and the piece is from Top Girls and uses the F word. It actually uses it several times and she has cut it down to just the once because she feels it needs the impact. Is this advisable or would it be seen as inappropriate? […]
Today I conducted a small tour of my research island, Godot, in Second Life. The visitors were all people involved with, or interested in, Psychodrama. As one of the virtual hosts for the event I would like to thank everyone who attended the session. It was nice to have people back on the island. Thanks […]
Anyone wishing to explore the possibilities of Second Life can simply visit the Second Life website and go through the usual “Join” procedures. However, educators may find it useful to sign up via the ISTE gateway. This has the benefit of making your initial entry point an Education focussed orientation pathway. ISTE is one of […]
This is the title of an article in the most recent Journal of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders* and it focuses on the transition years where learners are progressing from experiences of pedagogy to andragogy. Pedagogy is marked by the fact that is is generally the teacher who predetermines what will be taught, plans […]
Image via CrunchBase Linden Lab have just released the findings of their recent analysis of Second Life usage. 400 million hours of resident participation – that’s over 45,000 years for a single user! Given that the report also shows a marked increase in resident ownership and economic participation – it bodes well for MUVEs and […]
As an educator working to promote more effective, engaging and creative use of technology in teaching and learning I meet many people who are reluctant to modify their practices. This includes those who are fearful, those who are interested, those who have no interest and those who haven’t a clue. One of the common responses […]
Image via Wikipedia The notion of virtual distance seems to be a multi-faceted one. In Bring Virtual Distance into Focus* the authors (Lojeski and Yuva) identify geographical distance as only one of the dimensions of virtual distance. The other dimensions, operational distance and affinity distance, seem to have far greater impact on the feasibility of […]
For those using ActiveWorlds installations as their MUVE of choice this news may interest: Theatrical Productions Made Easy: The Classic Modeled Theater Stage System features a sweet stage shell configured with built in backdrop or movie screen, tagged to take commands from create or activate triggers, to change backdrop image, media or curtain header texture […]
Image via Wikipedia I recently read, and today re-read, a short handout by Gary Stager that I came across on this blog entry: What Makes a Good Project? In the November 2008 issue of The Creative Educator magazine, there is the first of a two-part article on project- based learning by Gary Stager and illustrated […]