RSCN09 keynote

Virtual Worlds in Education (Casting Pride & Prejudice) Kate Boardman Sunderland, April 2009

Virtual Worlds
Definitions
Dreaming
Developing

Definitions

Virtual Worlds in Education?

Learning in Virtual Worlds?

Virtual Learning
Virtual Teaching
Virtual World

Online Learning
Online Teaching
Online World

Online Learning
Online Teaching
Online World
Real Learning
Real Teaching
Real World

Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
Content
Communication
Assessment
Customisation
= Learning Management System

Virtual Worlds
3D immersive environments
Simulations
Collaboration
Exploration
Creation
= Virtual Learning Environment

Dreaming

Developing

Typology ( v basic  )
Beach & cushions
Campus replicator
« Now what? »
...the dangerous ones...
(the ones with the ideas...)

Visual Environments What does... ...look like?

Casting Pride & Prejudice
Who is your...
Hercule Poirot
...?

Does it matter what your...
Hercule Poirot
looks like...?

Who is your...
Miss Marple
...?

Does it matter what your...
Miss Marple
looks like...?

Who is your...
Mr Darcy
...?

Does it matter?

Does it matter?
What...
a café
a canteen
a dwelling
an office
...looks like?

Café
French
... 
What makes a French café?

Does it matter?

Does it matter?
What...
a café
...looks like?

Canteen
Factory
... 
What does a (factory) canteen look like?
Dirty
... 

Does it matter?
What...
a café
a canteen
a dwelling
an office
...looks like?

Does it matter?

Does it matter?
What...
a canteen
...looks like?

Dwelling

Dwelling Just an individual dwelling  What does a «dwelling» look like?

Dwelling Just an individual dwelling 

Dwelling

Dwelling Just an individual dwelling 

Does it matter?

Does it matter?
What...
a dwelling
...looks like?

Text/Image/Learning Outcome Detailed text scenario provided Staff care what it looks like Affects the learning outcome Café Canteen Dwelling

Text/Image/Learning Outcome Detailed text scenario provided Staff care what it looks like Affects the learning outcome Café Canteen Dwelling   

Text/Image/Learning Outcome Detailed text scenario provided Staff care what it looks like Affects the learning outcome Café Canteen Dwelling      

Text/Image/Learning Outcome Detailed text scenario provided Staff care what it looks like Affects the learning outcome Café Canteen Dwelling         

Does it matter?
What...
an office
...looks like?

Office
Desk
Filing cabinet
Diary
Computer
Files
Phone...

Text/Image/Learning Outcome Detailed text scenario provided Staff care what it looks like Affects the learning outcome Café Canteen Dwelling          Office  (  )  (  )  (  )

Does it matter?
What...
an office
...looks like?

Developing VLEs (==LMSs)
Relevant
Look good (believable)
*not necessarily L$ or time*
Easily navigable
Allow focus on the learning outcome

Developing VLEs
What do you want?
What’s the learning outcome of this?
How detailed does it need to be?

Developing VLEs
What do you want?
How detailed does it (really) need to be?

Developing VLEs
What do you want?
Do you have real/virtual images, or only mental ones?

Developing VLEs
What do you want?
Can you draw it? (!)

Developing VLEs
What do you want?
Can you draw it? (!)
When do you need it? (!!)

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