Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier Copyright Cynthia M. Calongne, 2008. Permission is granted for this material to be shared under a Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 3.0 United States. You are free to copy, distribute, display, perform, remix and make derivative works. Attribute the work to Cynthia M. Calongne and distribute it with a similar or compatible license. Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University TCC 2008 Conference April 15-17, 2008

Teaching in a Virtual World Tips -- add your ideas during this session People -- that sense of presence Avatars, movement and communication Places -- learning environments and meetings Class settings that support teaching styles Content -- course designs Pedagogy, activities and class projects Assessment -- for a future presentation Assignments, rubrics and course assessments

Tips -- add your ideas during this session

People -- that sense of presence

Avatars, movement and communication

Places -- learning environments and meetings

Class settings that support teaching styles

Content -- course designs

Pedagogy, activities and class projects

Assessment -- for a future presentation

Assignments, rubrics and course assessments

MBA 770 Class at Wright State Shu’s students prepare for a collaboration exercise in Second Life

How we Teach and Learn in SL Self image Mentor, collaborate Social networks Class projects Roleplay Learning games Blended reality Exploration Build Create an avatar - you! Office hours, facilitation Share ideas, hold meetings Applied learning Immersive learning Interactivities Real & virtual meetings Visit, tour, study Create and customize 80% of the world’s Internet users will be in a virtual world by 2011 (Gartner, 2007) -- Are you ready?

Self image

Mentor, collaborate

Social networks

Class projects

Roleplay

Learning games

Blended reality

Exploration

Build

Create an avatar - you!

Office hours, facilitation

Share ideas, hold meetings

Applied learning

Immersive learning

Interactivities

Real & virtual meetings

Visit, tour, study

Create and customize

Getting Ready to Teach Readiness checklist Avatar -- yourself! Appearance Communication User interface Using the tool Motor skills Camera controls Class content Activities Assessment Lyr Lobo in Second Life

Readiness checklist

Avatar -- yourself!

Appearance

Communication

User interface

Using the tool

Motor skills

Camera controls

Class content

Activities

Assessment

Sense of Presence Appearance 1st self or ideal self? Movement SL user interface Animation override (AO) custom device Communication Voice, text, gestures Hair, skin, shape and clothes Moving your avatar Arrow keys or View menu and Movement Poses and animations Looking at the class Camera controls Arrows or View menu

Appearance

1st self or ideal self?

Movement

SL user interface

Animation override (AO) custom device

Communication

Voice, text, gestures

Hair, skin, shape and clothes

Moving your avatar

Arrow keys or View menu and Movement

Poses and animations

Looking at the class

Camera controls

Arrows or View menu

The Many Faces of CTU Faculty

Communicating with students in Second Life Left to right Teleport Group Notice 2nd row Voice Chat (*) Instant Message URLs embedded

Middle School Students at Ramapo Roleplay and conflict in an immersive literature class Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, portrayed by Suffern Middle School students

Looking at Objects and People Camera orientation Hold down your alt key and left mouse click on a person or an object to focus on it Your display will follow the person or the object’s movement Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out Use the Escape key twice (Esc) to return to your view

Camera orientation

Hold down your alt key and left mouse click on a person or an object to focus on it

Your display will follow the person or the object’s movement

Use your scroll wheel to zoom in and out

Use the Escape key twice (Esc) to return to your view

Controlling What You See Camera controls To move around a person or object Let’s look at your face! Press and hold down ctrl + alt + left button All 3 at the same time And on a Mac? Move your hand down, around and up while pressing these keys to move your camera around the object Navigation Controls Can also use the arrow keys Camera Controls Handy for Capturing Video

Camera controls

To move around a person or object

Let’s look at your face!

Press and hold down

ctrl + alt + left button

All 3 at the same time

And on a Mac?

Move your hand down, around and up while pressing these keys to move your camera around the object

Shall we dance? Movement in Second Life

TCC Learning Times Reception Dance animation menu displays after clicking the floor; control menus on screen

Social Networking A screenshot of the TCC Reception in Second Life from a dual monitor system; notice Twitter in the back channel

If You Build It, They Will Come The interaction between people and content Students, faculty, instructional designers Support for active and passive learners Support for a variety of learning styles What are your favorites? Discussion Exploration Discovery Creation Otis College Art Projects

The interaction between people and content

Students, faculty, instructional designers

Support for active and passive learners

Support for a variety of learning styles

What are your favorites?

Discussion

Exploration

Discovery

Creation

Virtual World Learning Spaces An environment for learning includes Communication tools for sharing ideas Content that maps to the the course objectives A variety of course delivery methods Nanotechnology Lab in Second Life An asynchronous learning environment

An environment for learning includes

Communication tools for sharing ideas

Content that maps to the the course objectives

A variety of course delivery methods

Instructor-designed classrooms use creative and innovative environments Experimental Design Classrooms

Content at Virtual Hallucinations Words leap out at you, simulating an experience

CS 820 at CTU included novice users who learned to build their class projects

A self-guided tutorial for building a 20-minute project

Student projects and class content on display at Acheron LV426

Interactive Learning Spaces Dr. Dobb’s Life 2.0 visit http://life20.net Acheron LV426 CTU class work space

Science Comes to Life The National Physics Laboratory presents the advances in Nanotechnology Interactive Nano Labs

Preparing for student presentations and usability testing

Building class prototypes in a virtual world with students new to SL

Virtual Meetings, Interactive Content (top two images, left to right) The House of Seven Gables session (bottom image) Jared Bendis on Digital Tattoos NMC Fall Symposium in SL 2008

Content and Virtual Spaces Virtual world classes support Immersive, interactive, imaginative settings Asynchronous and synchronous support 3D graphics, sounds, gestures and interaction Immersive literature, immersive history, scientific discovery, contextual settings, applied math, creativity and social networks Activity-based learning Can you think of other learning activities?

Virtual world classes support

Immersive, interactive, imaginative settings

Asynchronous and synchronous support

3D graphics, sounds, gestures and interaction

Immersive literature, immersive history, scientific discovery, contextual settings, applied math, creativity and social networks

Activity-based learning

Can you think of other learning activities?

Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier Lyr Lobo in Second Life Ryl Redgrave on the Teen Grid at Ramapo [email_address] For more information, contact