Holyrood Park: a virtual campus for Edinburgh Hamish Macleod The University of Edinburgh [email_address]

new programme, launched this session (2006 / 07) supported by the Principal’s e-learning fund part-time, fully online learning aimed at professionals in HE, FE and training fully supported, collaborative, flexible up to 30 students per semester

constructivist / constructionist context tasks (if engaging) experiences (if (personally / socially) relevant) reflection appropriate disequilibrium (major or minor) new learning, and knowledge construction

tasks (if engaging)

experiences (if (personally / socially) relevant)

reflection

appropriate disequilibrium (major or minor)

new learning, and knowledge construction

Key players Siân Bayne Richard Coyne Rory Ewins Ian Graham Fiona Littleton Jen Ross James Stewart Austin Tate . . . . . . .

Siân Bayne

Richard Coyne

Rory Ewins

Ian Graham

Fiona Littleton

Jen Ross

James Stewart

Austin Tate

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Second Life ActiveWorlds NewHorizone Dreamscape Sony Home The Sims Online Moove There blaxxun Contact Dreamville Traveler Adobe Atmosphere Entropia Universe Red Light Center EverQuest Ultima Online Lineage World of Warcraft Guild Wars Cybertown Peace City

Second Life

why choose Second Life? cross platform openness and neutrality not a “game” but “playful” like, and unlike, Real Life manifest involvement with education existing participants position of the developers

cross platform

openness and neutrality

not a “game” but “playful”

like, and unlike, Real Life

manifest involvement with education

existing participants

position of the developers

Virtual Campus for the University of Edinburgh?

Holyrood Park What’s in a name?

©Hulton Getty. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk King David 1 (1084 - 1153) King of Scots (1124 - 1153) Son of Malcolm Canmore & Queen Margaret Established (among many other monasteries) in 1128 ” the church of the Holy Rood of Edinburgh . . . ” ©Crown Copyright reproduced courtesy of Historic Scotland. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk.

Holyrood Park place where rich resources exist where interesting things have happened, and continue to happen where people can go to have certain sorts of experiences great place to play

place where rich resources exist

where interesting things have happened, and continue to happen

where people can go to have certain sorts of experiences

great place to play

for the University? presence in an important media space promotion / marketing of the institution point of access new opportunities for learning & teaching research development area for community forging new partnerships / collaborations

presence in an important media space

promotion / marketing of the institution

point of access

new opportunities for

learning & teaching

research

development

area for community

forging new partnerships / collaborations

educational potential re-defining of “learning spaces” physical and virtual highlighting active learning student production as well as consumption highlighting issues of identity learning as becoming highlighting learning as socially grounded digital co-presence imagination and fantasy likeness to, and isolation from, the real

re-defining of “learning spaces”

physical and virtual

highlighting active learning

student production as well as consumption

highlighting issues of identity

learning as becoming

highlighting learning as socially grounded

digital co-presence

imagination and fantasy

likeness to, and isolation from, the real

issues for us legal dimension relationship between institution and service provider “ data processor” or “data controller” risk assessment & guidance; liability system requirements processor bandwidth firewalls etc accessibility problems and potentials assessment chance to break a few molds

legal dimension

relationship between institution and service provider

“ data processor” or “data controller”

risk assessment & guidance; liability

system requirements

processor

bandwidth

firewalls etc

accessibility

problems and potentials

assessment

chance to break a few molds