Using Second Life for Teaching and Learning Dr. Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University TCC Virtual Worlds Preview March 13,2008

Common Educator Questions What can I do with my students in SL? How do we teach and learn in SL? How do I manage my students and have them create accounts to use SL? Where do I get SL info? http://edumuve.com/tour/

What can I do with my students in SL?

How do we teach and learn in SL?

How do I manage my students and have them create accounts to use SL?

Where do I get SL info?

http://edumuve.com/tour/

Activities and Class Management in SL Blending Socratic discussion and activity-based learning

Mentoring -- 1st Virtual Middle School Suffern Middle School at Ramapo on the Teen Grid

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 the end of 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

Real Life Education in a Virtual World CTU Class Projects

Second Life Account Creation Check your Second Life name for availability Choose a first name and select a last name from the menu Do not join here Use the NMC url Join SL at the NMC Orientation site Teleport to class https://secure-web19.secondlife.com/join/ Do not join Second Life here as the NMC Orientation site listed below is easy to access, has cool educational freebies and you can visit and guide your students http://sl.nmc.org/join/ Use a landmark, a slurl or the Map button with a region name

Check your Second Life name for availability

Choose a first name and select a last name from the menu

Do not join here

Use the NMC url

Join SL at the NMC Orientation site

Teleport to class

https://secure-web19.secondlife.com/join/

Do not join Second Life here as the NMC Orientation site listed below is easy to access, has cool educational freebies and you can visit and guide your students

http://sl.nmc.org/join/

Use a landmark, a slurl or the Map button with a region name

Virtual learning spaces use creative and innovative environments Experimental design classrooms

Virtual classes mingle and cross over classroom boundaries

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

Real and Virtual Meetings NMC Symposiums NMC Teachers Buzz: an Educational Community

Colorado Tech Island University Location for student activities, services, libraries, museums and extracurricular activities Displaying student projects and creating an Alumni Center

Establish Your Sense of Presence

A CTU Student-Designed Maze Game I survived the Maze Game shirts Subsystems: Humorous Traps and Scoreboard

Underwater Office Virtual office hours in a creative meeting and learning space

More Learning Opportunities Collaboration and community Extracurricular events Cultural venues SL groups, including educational networks A University of Choice! Teaching and Learning extends beyond the classroom Student services and activities Music, dance, art Scientific programs Real life education in Second Life Research

Collaboration and community

Extracurricular events

Cultural venues

SL groups, including educational networks

A University of Choice!

Teaching and Learning extends beyond the classroom

Student services and activities

Music, dance, art

Scientific programs

Real life education in Second Life

Research

Using Second Life for Teaching and Learning Lyr Lobo in Second Life Ryl Redgrave on the Teen Grid at Ramapo [email_address] For more information, contact