Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2008

CLiVE promotes The stewardship of educational communities of practice in 3D Virtual Worlds; The development and identification of 3D Virtual Learning Materials within each milieu; The creation of reliable metadata that allows Learning Materials to be compared within and across virtual worlds; The accessibility of metadata in one place, allowing educators to make informed decisions about teaching and learning across the metaverse.

The stewardship of educational communities of practice in 3D Virtual Worlds;

The development and identification of 3D Virtual Learning Materials within each milieu;

The creation of reliable metadata that allows Learning Materials to be compared within and across virtual worlds;

The accessibility of metadata in one place, allowing educators to make informed decisions about teaching and learning across the metaverse.

The Center for Learning In Virtual Environments (CLIVE) Providing the web-based community and services to vet and catalogue 3D Virtual Learning Materials: hosts of CLIVE Coordinating the development of the community and leading research efforts: Managers of CLIVE Providing hardware, open source virtual software, and technical assistance for 3D MERLOT: Sponsors of CLIVE Integrating virtual worlds to create a common “education grid” for virtual teaching: Partners of CLIVE

Teaching and learning communities in unique 3D Virtual Worlds Web-based repository Project Wonderland

CLiVE Development CLiVE Wonderland server configured at UO, connected to the Media Grid’s Education Grid MERLOT Web-based Teaching Commons launched Hitch in the Second Life CLiVE Community, the “SaLamander Project” Add more virtual worlds

CLiVE Wonderland server configured at UO, connected to the Media Grid’s Education Grid

MERLOT Web-based Teaching Commons launched

Hitch in the Second Life CLiVE Community, the “SaLamander Project”

Add more virtual worlds

Tags & descriptors Top-rated peer reviewed SL stuff Your fave SL tags page Enhanced SLED Community Peer reviewed stuff

InWorld Tools for tagging Learning Materials Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon (2007).

Media Wiki Community of SL Educators to organize, describe, and vote on Learning Materials http://eduisland.net/salamanderwiki

MERLOT - http://merlot.org > 17,000 materials 50,000 members 3D + all other types of learning objects! Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon (2007).

Engagement Types Demonstration Experiential Problem-solving Diagnostic Role Play Constructive Collaborative Skill building Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon (2007).

Demonstration

Experiential

Problem-solving

Diagnostic

Role Play

Constructive

Collaborative

Skill building