\"I learned to fly and drink coffee and met
the horse on the way home”:
Supporting Learners into Second
Life
Liz Thackray (aka lizit Cleanslate)

“Bit like going somewhere for the first
time in the real world - I always seem
to get lost before I end up where I
should be. … After all, I learned to fly
and drink coffee and met the horse
on the way home. Not bad for
starters, I think.”
OU student
following first visit to Second Life
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

How do you prepare your students
for their virtual world experience?
How do we determine the
preparation appropriate for the
experience being offered?
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Problem
finding
Skills
Exploration
Validation
Knowledge
Problem
solving
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Supporting Learners into
Second Life
Creation Validation
Design Problem defining
and problem solving
Basic
Building Skills and Knowledge
Skills
Orientation Exploration
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Exploration
Creation
Design
Basic
Building
Skills
Orientation
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Skills and Knowledge
Creation
Design
Basic
Building
Skills
Orientation
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Problem defining
Creation and
Problem solving
Design
Basic
Building
Skills
Orientation
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Validation
Creation
Design
Basic
Building
Skills
Orientation
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Supporting Learners into
Second Life
Creation Validation
Design Problem defining
and problem solving
Basic
Building Skills and Knowledge
Skills
Orientation Exploration
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds

Supporting Learners into
Second Life
How do you prepare your
Creation students for their virtual
world experience?
Design How do we determine the
appropriate preparation for
Basic the experience offered?
Building
Skills
Orientation Liz Thackray (aka lizit Cleanslate)
e.j.thackray@open.ac.uk
CAL 09 Symposium - Supporting learners in creating their own virtual worlds