Dr Melissa de Zwart School of Law University of South Australia

Teaching: online learning Uptake of technology Adaptability and willingness to engage possibilities Researching The Monash Island Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Teaching: online learning

Uptake of technology

Adaptability and willingness to engage

possibilities

Researching

The Monash Island

Law of the Internet, online since 1998 Why online? Change in student expectations over ten years Apparent uptake of technology did not reflect technical skills Practical issues Customer dissatisfaction Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Law of the Internet, online since 1998

Why online?

Change in student expectations over ten years

Apparent uptake of technology did not reflect technical skills

Practical issues

Customer dissatisfaction

Law of Virtual Worlds, first taught 2008, 20 graduate students Practical exercises to familiarise students with technology Assignment required in depth engagement with one virtual world Use of vw to model behaviour, practical exercises: property, contract, intellectual property Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Law of Virtual Worlds, first taught 2008, 20 graduate students

Practical exercises to familiarise students with technology

Assignment required in depth engagement with one virtual world

Use of vw to model behaviour, practical exercises: property, contract, intellectual property

Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Property Intellectual property: eg Blizzard v MDY Governance: eg EvE Online Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Property

Intellectual property: eg Blizzard v MDY

Governance: eg EvE Online

Attitudes to rules and rule breaking in SL Ethics approval process Interdisciplinary research Conferences and networking Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Attitudes to rules and rule breaking in SL

Ethics approval process

Interdisciplinary research

Conferences and networking

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Arts, Law, Education and … admin? Buildings Purpose Insurance Ownership, responsibility, permissions Lack of institutional support Multidisciplinary research Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Arts, Law, Education and … admin?

Buildings

Purpose

Insurance

Ownership, responsibility, permissions

Lack of institutional support

Multidisciplinary research

Still a lot of resistance to the technology ‘ this doesn’t affect me’ Risk Lack of willingness to enage Virtual worlds are dead The merger of SNS and VWs Embracing technology rather than resisting it? Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Still a lot of resistance to the technology

‘ this doesn’t affect me’

Risk

Lack of willingness to enage

Virtual worlds are dead

The merger of SNS and VWs

Embracing technology rather than resisting it?

Dr Melissa de Zwart Law School University of South Australia [email_address] Learn Teach & Play in VWs 09

Dr Melissa de Zwart

Law School

University of South Australia

[email_address]