SL + Estonian IT College Educational potencialities Simão Oliveira

Main starting goal: to create a Second Life environment which will power education under the Bologna Process. But… … which issues must be considered?

Main starting goal: to create a Second Life environment which will power education under the Bologna Process. But…

… which issues must be considered?

Understanding Estonian higher education specificities: The goals of the curricula; Technological use in educational environments (community/communication tools, web 2.0, etc.) Students’ expectations and habits; Different higher education institutions and philosophies (academical, applied…).

Understanding Estonian higher education specificities:

The goals of the curricula;

Technological use in educational environments (community/communication tools, web 2.0, etc.)

Students’ expectations and habits;

Different higher education institutions and philosophies (academical, applied…).

Understanding the Bologna Process exigences: Understanding the model transition; Which demands are made to students and institutions; The new need for autonomous learning; Distance and life-long learning; New curriculum expectations (in the bachelor’s degree, the master’s degree, etc.).

Understanding the Bologna Process exigences:

Understanding the model transition;

Which demands are made to students and institutions;

The new need for autonomous learning;

Distance and life-long learning;

New curriculum expectations (in the bachelor’s degree, the master’s degree, etc.).

Defining virtual worlds’ place in education: Successful and unsuccessful iniciatives; Studying virtual worlds evolution; Typical strategies (especially concerning tri-dimensional approaches); Educational curricula integration; Formal and informal learning; Focus mainly on Second Life.

Defining virtual worlds’ place in education:

Successful and unsuccessful iniciatives;

Studying virtual worlds evolution;

Typical strategies (especially concerning tri-dimensional approaches);

Educational curricula integration;

Formal and informal learning;

Focus mainly on Second Life.

Moving into implementation: Building, inside SL… spaces + strategies + tools + communities Testing them, eventually correcting them.

Moving into implementation: Building, inside SL…

spaces + strategies + tools + communities Testing them, eventually correcting them.

Potencialities?

Potencialities?

Support to mobility students; Programming skills learning platform; Creation of discussion groups; Cut on travel and formation expenses; Rich educational environment, concerning user-experience: use of dynamic, visual and appealing elements; Non-stop interactivity; Set of communication tools (synchronous and assynchronous); Mash-up with external technologies (LMS? External databases? Communication tools – IM, voice?) Creation of common spaces to several educational institutios; cooperation and connection potentiated; Creation of tools to support autonomous learning ; Educational phenomena displacement; smaller need to rely on formal educational environments.

Support to mobility students;

Programming skills learning platform;

Creation of discussion groups;

Cut on travel and formation expenses;

Rich educational environment, concerning user-experience: use of dynamic, visual and appealing elements;

Non-stop interactivity;

Set of communication tools (synchronous and assynchronous);

Mash-up with external technologies (LMS? External databases? Communication tools – IM, voice?)

Creation of common spaces to several educational institutios; cooperation and connection potentiated;

Creation of tools to support autonomous learning ;

Educational phenomena displacement; smaller need to rely on formal educational environments.

Formation plan?

Formation plan?

Frequent meetins in-world; Promoting informal activities; Open spirit to users – use the space, help build it; Integration on programming skills learning curricula; Creation of coordination and developing team – explaining purposes and pointing the way; External users participation (from outside the institution or even the country). Inter-institution activities and programs; In-world academical events promotion.

Frequent meetins in-world;

Promoting informal activities;

Open spirit to users – use the space, help build it;

Integration on programming skills learning curricula;

Creation of coordination and developing team – explaining purposes and pointing the way;

External users participation (from outside the institution or even the country).

Inter-institution activities and programs;

In-world academical events promotion.

What about me?

What about me?

Part of conceptualization, developing and research team; Temporary member on coordination team (?); Providing formation on SL-specific skills to team members (LSL, 3D modelling, communication tools, know-how…); Creating tools to specific activities or spaces.

Part of conceptualization, developing and research team;

Temporary member on coordination team (?);

Providing formation on SL-specific skills to team members (LSL, 3D modelling, communication tools, know-how…);

Creating tools to specific activities or spaces.

Simão Pedro Resende de Oliveira Master Studies on Multimedia Communication Universidade de Aveiro 2008/09