“ A chocolate and peanut butter combination” of Second Life and Moodle Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J. Sloan-C Emerging Tech, May 8, 2008

Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J. Assistant Director, Second Life Campus School of Library & Information Science San Jos é State University jkemp@slis.sjsu.edu - http://slisweb.sjsu.edu

Who am I? Product Manager 1996 Entered MUVEs (Bungie) 1998- Online teaching (PCC) 1999- Dosimetry Online (Stanford) 2001 WebCT Admin (SJSU) 2001- Heart Murmur Sim 2006 Simteach.com Wiki 2006- Second Life Campus (SLIS) 2007-

Product Manager 1996

Entered MUVEs (Bungie) 1998-

Online teaching (PCC) 1999-

Dosimetry Online (Stanford) 2001

WebCT Admin (SJSU) 2001-

Heart Murmur Sim 2006

Simteach.com Wiki 2006-

Second Life Campus (SLIS) 2007-

Dosimetry

Simteach.com wiki

(Tower Model by SJSU student Anathea Lopez} The virtual university SAN JOSE STATE JOINS INTERNET-BASED WORLD OF SECOND LIFE By Kara Andrade San Jose Mercury News 11/23/2007 http://tinyurl.com/325xns

(Tower Model by SJSU student Anathea Lopez}

Intel Megatrends, Sept 07 Social networking growing mature User-created content ubiquitous High Def TV and displays Virtual economy connection to RL money Has become socially acceptable and mainstream http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=RattnerIDF

Social networking growing mature

User-created content ubiquitous

High Def TV and displays

Virtual economy connection to RL money

Has become socially acceptable and mainstream

Web 2.0 Coined by Tim O’Reilly (2004) Internet as platform PC (Windows, Office) Browser (Netscape, Yahoo index) Web Database apps - device independent (Google Docs, Wikipedia, Facebook) User-created content Network effects The Long Tail (Chris Anderson, 2004)

Coined by Tim O’Reilly (2004)

Internet as platform

PC (Windows, Office)

Browser (Netscape, Yahoo index)

Web Database apps - device independent (Google Docs, Wikipedia, Facebook)

User-created content

Network effects

The Long Tail (Chris Anderson, 2004)

(The NEW Web 2.0) Mashups where data flows freely Extensible application interfaces Virtual worlds become 3D skins

Mashups where data flows freely

Extensible application interfaces

Virtual worlds become 3D skins

New ID Dimensions Second Life is quantum leap: 3D Rendering Collaboration “ Cumulativity”

Second Life is quantum leap:

3D Rendering

Collaboration

“ Cumulativity”

Apple Leopard

Linux CompViz

Windows Vista

Virtual Worlds

Quest Atlantis - Barab

Rivercity - Dede

Virtual Worlds Customizable Avatars 3D rendering An economy with ownership and scarcity Some degree of persistence (things stay around)

Customizable Avatars

3D rendering

An economy with ownership and scarcity

Some degree of persistence (things stay around)

One avatar for all “… market pressures will lead to a merging of current virtual worlds into a smaller number of open-sourced environments… with the use of a single, universal client.” -Gartner, Inc.

“… market pressures will lead to a merging of current virtual worlds into a smaller number of open-sourced environments… with the use of a single, universal client.” -Gartner, Inc.

The old way… The Sims Play by yourself All objects are preloaded Build structures from templates World of Warcraft Millions of users working in teams All objects are preloaded Gather prizes for your character Everything resets when you log

The Sims

Play by yourself

All objects are preloaded

Build structures from templates

World of Warcraft

Millions of users working in teams

All objects are preloaded

Gather prizes for your character

Everything resets when you log

games

The Sims (Not Web 2.0)

Company sells objects

Earning objects

Putting down templates

Cumulativity

World of Warcraft (Not Web 2.0)

Collaboration

Part 1: This really is ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Web_2.0_Map.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Web_2.0_Map.svg

New ID Dimensions Second Life is quantum leap: 3D Rendering Collaboration “ Cumulativity”

Second Life is quantum leap:

3D Rendering

Collaboration

“ Cumulativity”

Sloodle Diagram

Eduserv Grant 80,000 GBP for Sloodle

80,000 GBP for Sloodle

Sloodle adds… Cumullaboration… :-) Scaffolded learning, assessment Web 2.0 tools framework Compatible open community partner Rigorous structure, Rabid Engagement

Cumullaboration… :-)

Scaffolded learning, assessment

Web 2.0 tools framework

Compatible open community partner

Rigorous structure, Rabid Engagement

Sloodle 1.0 Solves: Security & Authentication Avatar to LMS account LSL / PHP connection Via LLHTTPRequest command Community structure created Code repository and Docs Wiki

Security & Authentication

Avatar to LMS account

LSL / PHP connection

Via LLHTTPRequest command

Community structure created

Code repository and Docs Wiki

Chat logger Second Life Chat Moodle Chat

Second Life Chat

Web Intercom

Blogging tool

Glossary linker

Classroom Gestures

Blog / Gesture

Educator Survey Fall ‘07 survey with 155 respondents 71% in SL for less than a year 8.5% using 3D environments other than SL to teach 70.7% Moodle users

Fall ‘07 survey with 155 respondents

71% in SL for less than a year

8.5% using 3D environments other than SL to teach

70.7% Moodle users

Sloodle Web Survey

Lesson Module Maze

Assignment Dropbox

RSS Display

Set – object distributor

Classroom Rezzer

Tourbot system

Student Stipends

SVN Archive sloodle.googlecode.com

Blackboard Arrives Feb ‘08 $25k Greenhouse Grant for mashups John Fillwalk, teaches electronic art at Ball State University Adaptive Release to teleport pupils to content within the learning environment students to work individually and collaboratively

$25k Greenhouse Grant for mashups

John Fillwalk, teaches electronic art at Ball State University

Adaptive Release to teleport pupils to content within the learning environment

students to work individually and collaboratively

How it works at Ball State real-world models of actual film equipment Three rounds of simulation/quiz Authentication passed through the web address

real-world models of actual film equipment

Three rounds of simulation/quiz

Authentication passed through the web address

Angel Integration at SJSU Announcing: authentication & assignments submitted

Announcing: authentication & assignments submitted

How to get more… Documentation Wiki http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl/index.php/Sloodle SVN Code Repository http://code.google.com/p/sloodle/source “ Full Perm” objects http://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/128/210

Documentation Wiki

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl/index.php/Sloodle

SVN Code Repository

http://code.google.com/p/sloodle/source

“ Full Perm” objects

http://slurl.com/secondlife/SJSU%20SLIS/128/210

Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J. Assistant Director, Second Life Campus School of Library & Information Science San Jos é State University jkemp@slis.sjsu.edu - http://slisweb.sjsu.edu

Extensible community

Second Life is more like Facebook than World of Warcraft .

Customized applications in Second Life

Database Query

Blogging tools

Web Calendar Controller

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