Presented at NJEDge.Net 5.0.

1. Implementing the Virtual World Environment
Seton Hall University’s Initiative
Mary Balkun, Professor, English Department Chairperson
Mary Zedeck, Instructional Designer, TLT Center
SHU’s VW Initiative Course Variety/Delivery Methods
Through a series of projects in a Experience • Face-to-Face
variety of courses, the university has Imagine Design • Distance Education
been exploring the ways students work
collaboratively, can develop projects Co-create New Realities • Undergraduate
that allow them to actively engage
• Graduate
course material and concepts, and
become dynamic participants in their • Professional
own learning.
SHU’s Future VW Explorations
Courses • Associations with virtual world
• I/O Psychology partners
− NMC
• Graduate American Literature
− RezEd
• Senior Seminar: Gothic Literature − Media Grid
• Business/Law Collaboration • Investigate variety of virtual world
platforms
• Public Healthcare Administration
• Reaching out to other institutions to
• Ecology/Introduction to Geology form collaborations
(Fall 2009) • Exploring venues for research and
publication
Teaching/Learning Activities • Continued support and further
• Inworld collaborations development of existing initiatives
• Co-creation Faculty/Instructional Designers
• Team building • Faculty: Danielle Mirliss, Mary Balkun, Jack
Shannon, Susan Spencer, Anne Hewitt,
• Simulations Martha Schoene, Marian Glenn
• Instructional Designers: Heidi Trotta,
• Role-playing Mary Zedeck, Riad Twal