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Sloodle and Moodle VLE (LMS) vs MUVE Why Sloodle? Sloodle Tools Sloodle Community Sloodle Survey

VLE (LMS) vs MUVE

Why Sloodle?

Sloodle Tools

Sloodle Community

Sloodle Survey

Learning Support in VLEs Document dissemination Long form/formatted documents Management tools Asynchronous & synchronous discussion Coursework submissions Assessments Learning object integration Management tools/tracking Gradebooks

Document dissemination

Long form/formatted documents

Management tools

Asynchronous & synchronous discussion

Coursework submissions

Assessments

Learning object integration

Management tools/tracking

Gradebooks

Multi-User Virtual Environments Image: Fleep Tuque (Chris Collins)

What Happened When I taught with SL… Virtual world too open-ended, lacks obvious goals, rich social & technical environment Students needed support for working towards goals and reflecting on experiences E.g. permissions on objects, group work Students often needed to work together but failed to set object permissions correctly

Virtual world too open-ended, lacks obvious goals, rich social & technical environment

Students needed support for working towards goals and reflecting on experiences

E.g. permissions on objects, group work

Students often needed to work together but failed to set object permissions correctly

Sloodle Non-prescriptive approach Support different pedagogies Second Life as a Moodle client Access Moodle from within the 3D environment Moodle to enhance learning support in Second Life Provide better support for learners in Second Life Second Life and Moodle as complimentary and integrated learning environments Do something more than using the two separately

Non-prescriptive approach

Support different pedagogies

Second Life as a Moodle client

Access Moodle from within the 3D environment

Moodle to enhance learning support in Second Life

Provide better support for learners in Second Life

Second Life and Moodle as complimentary and integrated learning environments

Do something more than using the two separately

Sloodle Architecture Moodle DB Moodle Php Sloodle Php HTTP Web Browser Second Life LSL Object Moodle/Sloodle Web-server

Approaches to integration The 3D classroom Original conception UI integration The Sloodle toolbar The Rich 3D Learning Environment Learning & assessment built into a rich 3D interactive virtual landscape

The 3D classroom

Original conception

UI integration

The Sloodle toolbar

The Rich 3D Learning Environment

Learning & assessment built into a rich 3D interactive virtual landscape

The 3D Classroom

PrimDrop - Digital Dropbox Gathering assignments Version control Feedback Permissions Returning submissions Supporting reflection http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=VUUnnLm-AG4

Gathering assignments

Version control

Feedback

Permissions

Returning submissions

Supporting reflection

http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=VUUnnLm-AG4

Chat: Web-Intercom

UI Integration

Challenges Authentication Propagation of roles from Moodle to SL Differing roles in SL than in Moodle – glossary, chat tools Using Moodle to set SL roles – dropbox, management tools Supporting Flexibility Adding flexibility adds complexity to many SL objects To what degree should Sloodle support flexibility vs. allowing users to modify Sloodle for particular uses What can we add to Moodle, to make Sloodle more ‘standard’?

Authentication

Propagation of roles from Moodle to SL

Differing roles in SL than in Moodle – glossary, chat tools

Using Moodle to set SL roles – dropbox, management tools

Supporting Flexibility

Adding flexibility adds complexity to many SL objects

To what degree should Sloodle support flexibility vs. allowing users to modify Sloodle for particular uses

What can we add to Moodle, to make Sloodle more ‘standard’?

Progress… User authentication User toolbar Classroom tools Chat support/logging/messaging Glossary Drop box Check permissions log SL submissions on Moodle 3D Classroom Quiz tool 0.2 release in December Feature request survey in progress for future development

User authentication

User toolbar

Classroom tools

Chat support/logging/messaging

Glossary

Drop box

Check permissions

log SL submissions on Moodle

3D Classroom

Quiz tool

0.2 release in December

Feature request survey in progress for future development

Community Sloodle.org Forums, resources, links Sloodlers In-world group in Second Life Sloodle Village in Second Life Meeting, chat and learning zones Weekly meetings Developers and Users (Tuesdays, varying times – see Sloodle.org) SloodleMoot – Jan 18 th /19 th

Sloodle.org

Forums, resources, links

Sloodlers

In-world group in Second Life

Sloodle Village in Second Life

Meeting, chat and learning zones

Weekly meetings

Developers and Users (Tuesdays, varying times – see Sloodle.org)

SloodleMoot – Jan 18 th /19 th

Summary Providing access to Moodle from SL Providing new tools for supporting learners E.g. Dropboxes for more effective sharing, submission, markup and return of 3D projects; Gestures; … Providing new paths for communication between web and 3D learning environments Sloodle is a work in progress Specific goals: Integrate Moodle & SL Wider goals: Learn more about the hows and whys for integrating VLEs and MUVEs

Providing access to Moodle from SL

Providing new tools for supporting learners

E.g. Dropboxes for more effective sharing, submission, markup and return of 3D projects; Gestures; …

Providing new paths for communication between web and 3D learning environments

Sloodle is a work in progress

Specific goals: Integrate Moodle & SL

Wider goals: Learn more about the hows and whys for integrating VLEs and MUVEs

Credit: Janina Dewitz Chris Surridge

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