SLoodle: Moodle and Second Life

Sloodle: Intro “ A chocolate and peanut butter combination”

Grant Potter, M.Ed Moodle admin and high school Vice-Principal SD#54 – Bulkley Valley, British Columbia Grant Potter Intro

Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J. “ Sloodle” concept originator Assistant Director, Second Life Campus SJSU School of Library & Information Science Jeremy Kemp Intro

Sloodle News: Funding Grant
Eduserv Foundation (UK) has agreed a one year grant of £80,000 ($176,000 CAD) to the Sloodle project for ‘07/’08, subject to contractual arrangements being confirmed.
Awarded to Dr. Daniel Livingstone Paisley University

Sloodle: Defined
Sloodle is an open source experiment that maps the Moodle module structure to S econd Life activities so course designers may experiment with effective and engaging 3D immersion for learning.
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Sloodle is a set of free, “full-perm” objects in Second Life that transport content back and forth to Moodle and help teachers and learners achieve learning objectives more efficiently with web scaffolding.

Sloodle: Illustrated

A Second Life n00b? No problem.
Go to SecondLife.com and create a free account
First name is freeform; last name from a provided list
Download / install the free Second Life viewer
Check the PC requirements, esp. video card, firewall
Getting a ‘MUVE’ on…

The Pervasiveness of Practice.
MUVE’s are social worlds that foster a culture of collaborative learning.
‘ Sandboxes’ are everywhere - places where experienced users share what they know with others.
The common start of SL conversation is ‘How do I…?”
Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning By Jay Cross, Internet Time Group; Tony O'Driscoll, IBM; and Eilif Trondsen, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence http:// elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section = articles&article =44-1 Why make the ‘MUVE’?

The Power of Presence, Sense of Space, and Capacity to Co-Create.
Avatars converse, collaborate, attend concerts and meetings, listen to presentations, explore, co-construct virtual artworks, create films and blog, blog, blog.
MUVE’s like Second Life are a powerful means of encouraging social interaction and dialogue.
Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning By Jay Cross, Internet Time Group; Tony O'Driscoll, IBM; and Eilif Trondsen, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence http:// elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section = articles&article =44-1 Why make the ‘MUVE’?

Enrich the Student Experience
Virtual environments make impossible experiences possible for students, and new and engaging
Inspect a virtual prototype of a car
Walk through the mazes of a microprocessor
Re-enact a battlefield situation
Construct a water molecule
Why make the ‘MUVE’? Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning By Jay Cross, Internet Time Group; Tony O'Driscoll, IBM; and Eilif Trondsen, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence http: //elearnmag . org/subpage . cfm ?section=articles&article=44-1

The New Learnscape Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning By Jay Cross, Internet Time Group; Tony O'Driscoll, IBM; and Eilif Trondsen, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence http:// elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section = articles&article =44-1
Flow - balance inactivity and challenge
Experimentation - encourage learners to try new things
Experience - more engaging than other tech
Doing - Second Life is one BIG practice field
Observing - Explore, observe, learn
Motivation - teachable moments at every turn

Why now? Gaming has sprung a leak. The social web and immersive game technology are fusing. Another Life: Virtual Worlds as Tools for Learning By Jay Cross, Internet Time Group; Tony O'Driscoll, IBM; and Eilif Trondsen, SRI Consulting Business Intelligence http: //elearnmag . org/subpage . cfm ?section=articles&article=44-1

Gaming and Collaboration
Collaboration in gaming
Solo - Sim City, Pacman
Multi - The Sims Online, Doom
Group-specific - World of Warcraft, Second Life

Collaboration Timeline

Cumulativity
“ Cumulativity” in Gaming
Add items to inventory - Board games, FPS
Install templated, persistent objects - Sims
Build freeform, persistent objects - Second Life

Cumulativity Timeline

Collaborative/Cumulative Axis

Collaboration on the Internet
Collaboration on the Internet
Solo - AOL / Compuserv content
Multi - Web with hyperlinks
Group-specific - Web 2.0

Cumulativity on the Internet
“ Cumulativity” on the Internet
You can chat, change your persona
You can store files (Gopher / FTP)
You can upload to database, mark-up others’ content (Wiki, YouTube, Second Life)

Collaborative/Cumulative

Collaborative/Cumulative - Sloodle

Sloodle Adds:
Scaffolded learning, assessment
Web 2.0 tools framework
Compatible open community partners
Rigorous structure, Rabid Engagement
SLoodle adds

Moodle/Sloodle Analogues

Current Sloodle Experiments
Current Sloodle Experiments:
“ Toolbar”
Blogging
Gestures
“ Chatcast” relay
“ Box” classroom builder
Quiz chair

Sloodle HUD

Chat logger

Quiz Chairs

Experiments for you to try…

RSS Feeds to/from Second Life

Additional applications
Calendar
Role-play
Simulations

See the Sloodle area
on the MoodleMoot site
for links, SLURLS, and discussion.
More info

See
you
there
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