Using Second Life in Your Online and Campus Classes Dr. Cynthia Calongne Lyr Lobo in Second Life Colorado Technical University Second Life Education Support Faire January 25-30, 2009 Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License

Using Second Life for Learning Self image Social networks Mentor, feedback Class projects Roleplay Tool integration Immersive learning SL skills Build simulations Sense of presence, identity Attend classes, collaborate Office hours, facilitation Applied learning activities Immersive learning, case studies Web 2.0, course tools, media Context-sensitive or stimulating Camera, navigation, to socialize Create content & an environment 80% of the world’s Internet users will be in a virtual world by 2011 (Gartner, 2007)

Self image

Social networks

Mentor, feedback

Class projects

Roleplay

Tool integration

Immersive learning

SL skills

Build simulations

Sense of presence, identity

Attend classes, collaborate

Office hours, facilitation

Applied learning activities

Immersive learning, case studies

Web 2.0, course tools, media

Context-sensitive or stimulating

Camera, navigation, to socialize

Create content & an environment

Presence and Identity Lyr, Joanna, Pathfinder Linden & Nye Enjoying the Meet-n-Greet at the Second Life Education Support Faire

Basic Second Life (SL) Skills Appearance 1st self or ideal self? Move and look Arrow keys or Navigation menu Camera controls Communication Voice, text, gestures Group Notices, IMs Lyr and her robot avatar

Appearance

1st self or ideal self?

Move and look

Arrow keys or Navigation menu

Camera controls

Communication

Voice, text, gestures

Group Notices, IMs

Virtual Office Hours Meetings in an underwater office. Come on in! The water’s fine!

Migrating a Course into SL Course design Course objectives Desired competencies Content (slides, media, handouts, resources) Rubrics and grades Delivery Interactive Discussion Measurement instruments Discussion Case studies Learning activities Projects Problem-based learning Research papers What else do you need? How do we get our content into SL?

Course design

Course objectives

Desired competencies

Content (slides, media, handouts, resources)

Rubrics and grades

Delivery

Interactive

Discussion

Measurement instruments

Discussion

Case studies

Learning activities

Projects

Problem-based learning

Research papers

The floating book holds course handouts as Lyr prepares for class

Communicating with students in Second Life Left to right Teleport Group Notice 2nd row Voice Chat (*) Instant Message URLs embedded

Ingredients Learning environment Public or private? PowerPoint slides Signs & textures Create 3D class content that explores the course concepts Student content Does size matter? Island, parcel or sandbox Save as JPGs Bulk upload into SL Context-sensitive scenes, interactivities, content givers Projects and activities

Learning environment

Public or private?

PowerPoint slides

Signs & textures

Create 3D class content that explores the course concepts

Student content

Does size matter?

Island, parcel or sandbox

Save as JPGs

Bulk upload into SL

Context-sensitive scenes, interactivities, content givers

Projects and activities

Interactivities Human barometer activity Futuring and Innovation students take a stand CTU students shop for academic regalia at the NMC Orientation island

Budget and Quality Concerns Student stipends? ==> Create content? Requires skills & time Buy and use content? Custom design? Field trips! Grade and archive student assignments To upload textures Own, control & adapt Reuse and share Quality site & content Professional image Explore other sites Set permissions, store, display and retrieve

Student stipends? ==>

Create content?

Requires skills & time

Buy and use content?

Custom design?

Field trips!

Grade and archive student assignments

To upload textures

Own, control & adapt

Reuse and share

Quality site & content

Professional image

Explore other sites

Set permissions, store, display and retrieve

Colorado Tech Examples CTU Learning Spaces Field trips Teen grid classes Class projects Opportunities for collaboration ==> CS 820 case study from Winter 2008 Wright State’s MBA class with Shu Schiller Lyr comes by to help - they have a great start!

CTU Learning Spaces

Field trips

Teen grid classes

Class projects

Opportunities for collaboration ==>

CS 820 case study from Winter 2008

Colorado Tech Island Virtual learning spaces Collaborative classes and live music festivals at Colorado Tech Student projects are displayed on the Boardwalk and on Lyr Lobo’s class islands An NMC Virtual Worlds design

Student and instructor robots on a public class space A 3-week course activity with real world, virtual and 2D robots designed Amusement park of student projects on a private space Students choose the preferred class location

Field trips to science sites National Physics Laboratory presentation on nanotechnology innovations Lyr explores the Nanotechnology Lab Interactive objects demonstrate the procedure and give info on notecards

Immersive Literature Roleplay and conflict, an immersive literature experience on the Teen grid. Suffern Middle School students at Ramapo portrayed the roles from the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. A juror hollers “Boo!” when Curley takes the stand

Teen Creates Cool Technology Ryl mentors an 8th Grade student on the Teen grid as he applies a script to a keyboard override he created with futuristic display textures. It appears when he types and disappears when he is silent. At Ramapo on the Teen Grid

CS 672 First day in class Student Projects CS 383 Game maze & scoreboard Ferris wheel rotation problem & duck shoot Duck shoot

Underwater fun house First day in world - created particle star CTU Student Projects

CS 820 Winter 2008 Case Study Newsstand for low vision users, Electronic Voting Machine Refrigerator for wheelchair use From early ideas to testable projects Students collaborate and work independently

CS 820 Class Example Projects Designed for Accessibility For vision and mobility impaired users Asynchronous and synchronous design activities 3D graphics, sounds, gestures and interaction Models, textures, sounds, animations, scripts Focus on user characteristics and task performance Collaboration in class and among students

For vision and mobility impaired users

Asynchronous and synchronous design activities

3D graphics, sounds, gestures and interaction

Models, textures, sounds, animations, scripts

Focus on user characteristics and task performance

Collaboration in class and among students

Early Skill Development Students new to SL learn to build and texture for class activities

Modeling in Second Life A self-guided tutorial for building a 20-minute project

Students new to a virtual world create low fidelity interface designs and conduct usability tests in a virtual world

Project Prototypes Newsstand for the low vision users; selecting option 4 to hear Refrigerator for wheelchair users; shelves move out and down

Usability and Interaction Human interface design in a virtual world Presence Environment Tools Collaboration Interaction Project creation Usability testing Assessment

Human interface design in a virtual world

Presence

Environment

Tools

Collaboration

Interaction

Project creation

Usability testing

Assessment

Interaction and Empirical Testing Observed behavior Test plan Test procedure Roles Volunteers Observation Measurements Analysis Results Student interface with objects that render new information when touched

Observed behavior

Test plan

Test procedure

Roles

Volunteers

Observation

Measurements

Analysis

Results

Community Collaboration Guests from other schools perform usability tests on student projects TCC Online Worldwide Conference attendees visit to examine student work

The Value of Education in SL It takes effort to create content, train faculty and adopt a new course delivery paradigm, & it’s worth it Course delivery shifts from the sage on the stage to interactive discussions and activities Fosters student-led learning and collaboration Educators monitor activities and mentor Class sessions take less time and are focused Builds community and crosses boundaries

It takes effort to create content, train faculty and adopt a new course delivery paradigm, & it’s worth it

Course delivery shifts from the sage on the stage to interactive discussions and activities

Fosters student-led learning and collaboration

Educators monitor activities and mentor

Class sessions take less time and are focused

Builds community and crosses boundaries

Experimental Design Classrooms Bardic circle for storytelling Open spaces where students experiment, explore ideas and get messy What is your ideal virtual world classroom?

Observations on Education in SL It takes effort to create content, train faculty and adopt a new course delivery paradigm Course delivery shifts from the sage on the stage to interactive discussions, activities and projects Fosters student-driven learning and collaborative activities Requires monitoring activities and mentoring Class sessions take less time and are focused Builds community and crosses class and institutional boundaries

It takes effort to create content, train faculty and adopt a new course delivery paradigm

Course delivery shifts from the sage on the stage to interactive discussions, activities and projects

Fosters student-driven learning and collaborative activities

Requires monitoring activities and mentoring

Class sessions take less time and are focused

Builds community and crosses class and institutional boundaries

SL Research Links 1 Second Life http://secondlife.com/ http://secondlifegrid.net/ Cynthia Calongne’s Classes in Second Life http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com Research in Second Life presentation http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/research-in-second-life Artificial Intelligence in SL http://web.bvu.edu/faculty/schweller/ TCC Preconference Wiki -- SL from a Flash drive tips http://tccpre-conference.pbwiki.com/ Edumuve http://edumuve.com/tour/ and http://edumuve.com/blended/

Second Life

http://secondlife.com/ http://secondlifegrid.net/

Cynthia Calongne’s Classes in Second Life

http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com

Research in Second Life presentation

http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/research-in-second-life

Artificial Intelligence in SL

http://web.bvu.edu/faculty/schweller/

TCC Preconference Wiki -- SL from a Flash drive tips

http://tccpre-conference.pbwiki.com/

Edumuve

http://edumuve.com/tour/ and http://edumuve.com/blended/

SL Research Links 2 National Public Radio’s Science Friday in SL http://www.sciencefriday.com/ NMC Campus Observer http://sl.nmc.org/ NOAA’s Traffic Analysis http://mayarealities.com/ Best Practices in SL http://www.slcn.tv/bpe-lyr-lobo Annotated Bibliograophy of SL Educational Resources http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib Second Life Education Support Faire Wiki - evolving! http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Education_Support_Faire

National Public Radio’s Science Friday in SL

http://www.sciencefriday.com/

NMC Campus Observer

http://sl.nmc.org/

NOAA’s Traffic Analysis

http://mayarealities.com/

Best Practices in SL

http://www.slcn.tv/bpe-lyr-lobo

Annotated Bibliograophy of SL Educational Resources

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpepper/slbib

Second Life Education Support Faire Wiki - evolving!

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Education_Support_Faire

SL Research Links 3 Second Life as a Virtual Learning Environment http://www.dokimos.org/secondlife/education/index.html An Educational Tour of Second Life http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/an-educational-tour-of-second-life A View from Second Life’s Trenches: Are you a Pioneer or a Settler? http://sl.nmc.org/2007/06/09/pioneer-or-settler/ Leveraging the Affordances, Minimizing the Barriers of Virtual Worlds http://sl.nmc.org/2007/06/09/edu-panel/ LearnScope in Second Life http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/learnscope-in-second-life

Second Life as a Virtual Learning Environment

http://www.dokimos.org/secondlife/education/index.html

An Educational Tour of Second Life

http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/an-educational-tour-of-second-life

A View from Second Life’s Trenches: Are you a Pioneer or a Settler?

http://sl.nmc.org/2007/06/09/pioneer-or-settler/

Leveraging the Affordances, Minimizing the Barriers of Virtual Worlds

http://sl.nmc.org/2007/06/09/edu-panel/

LearnScope in Second Life

http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo/learnscope-in-second-life

SL Research Links 4 Using Second Life www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/SAC07025A.pps Beyond Course Management Tools: Second Life www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/SAC07014.pps Virtual worlds in Online Education: Are You Ready to Teach in Second Life? http://www.telecoop.org/conference/materials/CalogneTeachinginSecondLife.ppt What Can We Learn from World of Warcraft & Second Life? http://archive.nmc.org/events/2006fallregional/materials/calongne.ppt SL Podcast by Bayne, Walker and Calongne http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastusingsecondli/44967?time=1188754831

Using Second Life

www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/SAC07025A.pps

Beyond Course Management Tools: Second Life

www.educause.edu/ir/library/powerpoint/SAC07014.pps

Virtual worlds in Online Education: Are You Ready to Teach in Second Life?

http://www.telecoop.org/conference/materials/CalogneTeachinginSecondLife.ppt

What Can We Learn from World of Warcraft & Second Life?

http://archive.nmc.org/events/2006fallregional/materials/calongne.ppt

SL Podcast by Bayne, Walker and Calongne

http://connect.educause.edu/blog/gbayne/podcastusingsecondli/44967?time=1188754831

SL Research Links 5 Who’s on Second? Educational Podcasts http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/podcast.php?id=wos Second Life Development -- VITAL Lab http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/vitalwiki/index.php/Second_Life_Development Suffern Middle School in Second Life http://rampoislands.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html Second Life Library 2.0 http://www.infoisland.org/drupal/ and http://www.myspace.com/73899784 Second Life Education Wiki http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki LSL Wiki -- programming tools http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage

Who’s on Second? Educational Podcasts

http://www.rabble.ca/rpn/podcast.php?id=wos

Second Life Development -- VITAL Lab

http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/vitalwiki/index.php/Second_Life_Development

Suffern Middle School in Second Life

http://rampoislands.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

Second Life Library 2.0

http://www.infoisland.org/drupal/ and http://www.myspace.com/73899784

Second Life Education Wiki

http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki

LSL Wiki -- programming tools

http://www.lslwiki.net/lslwiki/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage

SL Research Links 6 Secondary Worlds http://secondaryworlds.com/ Reuters -- Doors to open on Google Virtual world(s)? http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/doors-to-open-on-google-virtual-worlds/ SL and Google Earth are Transforming the Idea of Architectural Collaboration http://archrecord.construction.com/features/digital/archives/0701dignews-2.asp Timeline - History of Second Life Wiki http://secondlife.wikia.com/index.php/Second_Life_Through_The_Ages UberNoggin: Big Brains - Big Ideas http://www.ubernoggin.com/

Secondary Worlds

http://secondaryworlds.com/

Reuters -- Doors to open on Google Virtual world(s)?

http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2007/10/24/doors-to-open-on-google-virtual-worlds/

SL and Google Earth are Transforming the Idea of Architectural Collaboration

http://archrecord.construction.com/features/digital/archives/0701dignews-2.asp

Timeline - History of Second Life Wiki

http://secondlife.wikia.com/index.php/Second_Life_Through_The_Ages

UberNoggin: Big Brains - Big Ideas

http://www.ubernoggin.com/

SL Research Links 7 - News Reuters in Second life http://secondlife.reuters.com/ The SL Newspaper http://www.sl-newspaper.com/ Second Life Herald http://www.secondlifeherald.com/ Metaverse Messenger http://metaversemessenger.com/index.html SLNN http://www.slnn.com/index.php

Reuters in Second life

http://secondlife.reuters.com/

The SL Newspaper

http://www.sl-newspaper.com/

Second Life Herald

http://www.secondlifeherald.com/

Metaverse Messenger

http://metaversemessenger.com/index.html

SLNN

http://www.slnn.com/index.php

SL Research Links 8 New Worlds Notes http://nwn.blogs.com/ SL A Virtual Universe for Real Engineering http://www.designnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6490691 Just Virtual http://www.justvirtual.com/index.php/category/second-life/ Seifert Surface - Math in Second Life http://www.segerman.org/2ndlife.html Eric McLuhan in Second Life - Playing Media Ecology http://slcn.tv/media-ecology-eric-mcluhan

New Worlds Notes

http://nwn.blogs.com/

SL A Virtual Universe for Real Engineering

http://www.designnews.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6490691

Just Virtual

http://www.justvirtual.com/index.php/category/second-life/

Seifert Surface - Math in Second Life

http://www.segerman.org/2ndlife.html

Eric McLuhan in Second Life - Playing Media Ecology

http://slcn.tv/media-ecology-eric-mcluhan

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