A MUVEing Experience: an instructional perspective on Second Life Colleen Carmean School of Global Management & Leadership Arizona State University

Research: A look at the landscape 20% of VW inhabitants believe/claim that they live there , and only eat, sleep here . Synthetic Worlds ( Castranova, 2006)

20% of VW inhabitants believe/claim that they live there , and only eat, sleep here . Synthetic Worlds ( Castranova, 2006)

Research: A look at the landscape Our world is not on their affective map. It is no longer where their community abides. E Castranova, 2006

Our world is not on their affective map. It is no longer where their community abides.

E Castranova, 2006

A look at the landscape: Kurzweil Ray Kurzweil claims this immigration will become more pronounced, in numbers and in feeling of presence there within 5 years.

Ray Kurzweil claims this immigration will become more pronounced, in numbers and in feeling of presence there within 5 years.

What if we met them there? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/427626589/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/427626589/

What if we met them there? How might this change teaching? Learning? Identity? Engagement?

How might this change teaching?

Learning?

Identity?

Engagement?

EDT 598: Evaluating emerging technologies (hybrid)

EDT 598: hybrid doctoral course We explored trends, usability, meaning and affordances of Second Life for teaching and learning

We explored trends, usability, meaning and affordances of Second Life for teaching and learning

Second Life 13,000,000+ million citizens 38,000 on at any one time ~30% have PhDs

13,000,000+ million citizens

38,000 on at any one time

~30% have PhDs

What we found 130+ campuses up, numerous more ‘under construction’ http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksimpkins/142984795/

130+ campuses up, numerous more ‘under construction’

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksimpkins/142984795/

Tradition often determines design outcomes http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380907239/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380907239/

Instructor issues Inability to age gracefully Inappropriate presence Back chatter Getting started

Inability to age gracefully

Inappropriate presence

Back chatter

Getting started

How does one teach there? Higher education now building facsimile and imaginary campuses without codes of behavior, conduct, expectations or understanding of pedagogical potential

Higher education now building facsimile and imaginary campuses without codes of behavior, conduct, expectations or understanding of pedagogical potential

Who is designing the learning experience? http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380919210/

Rio Salado Community College (AZ) Learning spaces Meeting spaces AVATARS of instructors and administrators Designed by young men in Canada unconnected to learning outcomes ($175,000) Linda Thor, President, RSCC (Sloan 2008)

Learning spaces

Meeting spaces

AVATARS of instructors and administrators

Designed by young men in Canada unconnected to learning outcomes ($175,000)

Linda Thor, President, RSCC (Sloan 2008)

Learning Spaces by design http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/297008520/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/297008520/

Teaching by design? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/260218800/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/260218800/

Deeper Learning Social Active Context-driven Fosters ownership Requires engagement (Carmean & Haefner, 2002)

Social

Active

Context-driven

Fosters ownership

Requires engagement

(Carmean & Haefner, 2002)

What next for the instructional (design) community? SLED : Second Life Educators https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators New Media Consortium (nmc.org) My contact info: Ariel Surya aka carmean@asu.edu

SLED : Second Life Educators

https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

New Media Consortium (nmc.org)

My contact info: Ariel Surya aka carmean@asu.edu