Teaching with SLOODLE: Two case studies Buddy Sprocket aka Daniel Livingstone University of the West of Scotland

Tale of Two Classes Collaborative Virtual Environments Honours Year Group project based Multi-campus classroom based Video-conferencing 3 rd run of class Introduction to Virtual Worlds 2 nd Year Collaborative learning – individual assessment Distance learning New class

Collaborative Virtual Environments

Honours Year

Group project based

Multi-campus classroom based

Video-conferencing

3 rd run of class

Introduction to Virtual Worlds

2 nd Year

Collaborative learning – individual assessment

Distance learning

New class

Moodle: The course homepages

CVE Homepage

SLOODLE registration and object distribution

slURL from Moodle to Second Life

Blogging

Field Trips

Field Trips Wearing the SLOODLE intercom - attach to head Chat-logging on the move Thx AngryBeth for this idea!

Wearing the SLOODLE intercom - attach to head

Chat-logging on the move

Thx AngryBeth for this idea!

Group Projects Significant projects Using a range of collaborative technologies Reflection on the technologies used Some groups split across campuses All groups used technologies to support their collaborative work GoogleDocs, Moodle, Bulletin Boards, VOIP, Second Life, SLOODLE, …

Significant projects

Using a range of collaborative technologies

Reflection on the technologies used

Some groups split across campuses

All groups used technologies to support their collaborative work

GoogleDocs, Moodle, Bulletin Boards, VOIP, Second Life, SLOODLE, …

Group presentations Web-intercom used by groups to support group management Introduced in an early discussion activity

Group presentations

Web-intercom used by groups to support group management

Introduced in an early discussion activity

Alternative Projects – not all students want to learn building in SL. Some want ‘real’ programming

Two Projects had significant builds in SL

CVE: Observations Relatively Limited use of SLOODLE tools Students found intercom most useful; 3 out of 4 groups made significant use of it. Most groups continued to use Moodle forums and the course homepage as a ‘base’ for online collaboration SLOODLE tools became part of a rich ecology of technologies to support collaboration and learning Limited… but useful and used

Relatively Limited use of SLOODLE tools

Students found intercom most useful; 3 out of 4 groups made significant use of it.

Most groups continued to use Moodle forums and the course homepage as a ‘base’ for online collaboration

SLOODLE tools became part of a rich ecology of technologies to support collaboration and learning

Limited… but useful and used

Introduction to Virtual Worlds

IVW Moodle Homepage

Active forums SLOODLE Menu Online induction activities Links and background reading Moodle chatroom Ventrilo VOIP (not shown)

Active forums

SLOODLE Menu

Online induction activities

Links and background reading

Moodle chatroom

Ventrilo VOIP (not shown)

Virtual World Field Trips Regular “Virtual Field Trips” Pre-prepared notes and guidance 5½ virtual worlds in 12 weeks!

Regular “Virtual Field Trips”

Pre-prepared notes and guidance

5½ virtual worlds in 12 weeks!

Emulating a virtual world – in a Moodle chatroom

Raph Koster talks to students (and visitors) in Metaplace

Mark Childs demonstates and explains the Theatron project

Student Presentations in SL Students had to give an online presentation on their chosen topic Most (9/10) chose Second Life for this One chose GoogleDocs With just 3 weeks experience in SL… Most had no prior SL experience Some had no prior VW experience Most had no building experience…

Students had to give an online presentation on their chosen topic

Most (9/10) chose Second Life for this

One chose GoogleDocs

With just 3 weeks experience in SL…

Most had no prior SL experience

Some had no prior VW experience

Most had no building experience…

IVW Student presentations – using SLOODLE presenter Presentations available online: http://dlivingstone.blip.tv/

Presentations available online: http://dlivingstone.blip.tv/

IVW Observations Intercom remained useful for creating a log of sessions in SL – allowing students who missed a night to catch up By creating a presentation in Moodle for each student (and assigning teacher perms in Moodle for that one activity), students with very limited SL experience could successfully present in SL

Intercom remained useful for creating a log of sessions in SL – allowing students who missed a night to catch up

By creating a presentation in Moodle for each student (and assigning teacher perms in Moodle for that one activity), students with very limited SL experience could successfully present in SL