The document discusses the challenges and expectations of implementing teaching in virtual worlds, highlighting the skepticism and issues faced by faculty and students. It emphasizes the need for realistic expectations and appropriate support to overcome obstacles and enhance the learning experience. The document includes references to various resources and personal insights from the author on making virtual teaching effective.

1. Explicit Bargains: Setting Realistic ( Yet Powerful ) Expectations for Teaching in Virtual Worlds Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins SLCC 2008

2. You RAWK!!

3. I have to learn WHAT?

4. I don’t see the point

5. I have to support WHAT?

6. Can’t you just use our LMS?

7. The faculty want to do WHAT?

8. Are we going to be sued?

9. I know this will work! Just give it a chance!

10. How can we ensure that teaching in Virtual Worlds is as powerful as we believe it can be?

11. A better approach to implementation

12. Here Comes Everybody : The power of organizing without organizations Clay Shirky Read My book!

13. The Promise

14. The Tool

15. The Bargain

16. The Promise

17. Increased “presence” NOAA‘s Meteora

18. Community bonding

19. Fun! www.squonksl. blogspot.com/

20. The Tool

21. Stigmergy Lumiere Noir the Ivory Tower of Primitives

22. Customized Avatars

23. Global Community

24. Multi-modal Communication Ed Lamoureux Sl.nmc.org

25. The Bargain

26. The Learning Curve Install and learn to get around Customize Avatar Learn to Build Learn to Script

27. Students suspend self-limitations Loyalist College Border Crossing

28. Best, justified use of the tools

29. Necessary expertise to serve as guide, advisor, AND instructor

31. Course Eval: “The whole SL thing just didn’t make sense to me. Why did we do it?”

32. Students spend only minimal time and effort in SL.

33. Your SL island is trashed/griefed/abandoned.

34. “ My students keep coming up with problems/issues that I can’t solve!”

35. “ We built this great space and now our faculty don’t seem interested in using it.”

36. “ My students have trouble logging in.”

37. Administration: “I thought you said that our SL space would increase our enrollment!”

38. What deal are you making?

39. SL: Intellagirl Tully Email: intellagirl@gmail.com Web: intellagirl.com Skype, Yahoo, AIM, Gchat: Intellagirl Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins