This document summarizes a study on leading collaboration in virtual environments using avatars. It discusses transdisciplinarity and how virtual worlds can facilitate collaborative learning across distributed groups. The study involved a survey of 61 participants from various professional backgrounds on their experiences with avatar use. Quantitative analysis identified factors like engagement, empowerment, collaboration and transdisciplinarity. Qualitative analysis identified themes like embodiment, self-actualization, and discipline. The document discusses potential applications of virtual worlds to areas like leadership development, social entrepreneurship, and blending physical and virtual team experiences.
Slides used for successful docotoral proposal defense (minus some speculative information) as part of the Doctorate of Computer Science, Emerging Media from Colorado Technical University.
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A presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo to the Nonprofit Commons and the VWMOOC 2021. The slides describe the dissertation research by Dr. Barbara Truman published December 2013. Many thanks to Lisa Laxton from the Infinite Metaverse Alliance for joining us with friends from our beloved communities to honor Barbara's contributions to virtual world and transdisciplinarity research.
Psychology on Second Life?: Learning, Support and Research in 3D Online Multi...Simon Bignell
Bignell, S.J. (2009). Psychology on Second Life?: Learning, Support and Research in 3D Online Multi-user Virtual Environments. Keynote Lecture at McCord Museum. International Conference on the Use of the Internet in Mental Health, McGill University, Canada. May 2009.
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the individual Simon Bignell and not University of Derby.
Keynote Talk at ITS 2014: Multilevel Analysis of Socially Embedded Learningsuthers
An invited keynote talk given at the Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) conference in Honolulu, 2014. Begins with some fun observations about being an academic in Hawaii. Motivated both by my early work studying dyadic interaction with Belvedere and a theoretical view of the multi-dimensionality of distributed learning in socio-technical networks and consequent analytic challenges, outlines a framework called "Traces" that addresses these challenges. Most of the examples are of analysis of Tapped In, a successful online network of educational professionals from 1997-2013. Probably the most comprehensive overview of my research to date.
Social network analysis and social presenceDragan Gasevic
This presentation is prepared for DALMOOC and talks about the use of social network analysis for the development of social capital based on social presence in communities of inquiry The presentation is based on
Kovanović, V., Joksimović, S., Gašević, D., Hatala, M., “What is the source of social capital? The association between social network position and social presence in communities of inquiry,” In Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining – Workshops, London, UK, 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1183/gedm_paper03.pdf
Slides used for successful docotoral proposal defense (minus some speculative information) as part of the Doctorate of Computer Science, Emerging Media from Colorado Technical University.
Becoming delightful_Why Our Virtual World Communities MatterCynthia Calongne
A presentation by Dr. Cynthia Calongne, aka Lyr Lobo to the Nonprofit Commons and the VWMOOC 2021. The slides describe the dissertation research by Dr. Barbara Truman published December 2013. Many thanks to Lisa Laxton from the Infinite Metaverse Alliance for joining us with friends from our beloved communities to honor Barbara's contributions to virtual world and transdisciplinarity research.
Psychology on Second Life?: Learning, Support and Research in 3D Online Multi...Simon Bignell
Bignell, S.J. (2009). Psychology on Second Life?: Learning, Support and Research in 3D Online Multi-user Virtual Environments. Keynote Lecture at McCord Museum. International Conference on the Use of the Internet in Mental Health, McGill University, Canada. May 2009.
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the individual Simon Bignell and not University of Derby.
Keynote Talk at ITS 2014: Multilevel Analysis of Socially Embedded Learningsuthers
An invited keynote talk given at the Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) conference in Honolulu, 2014. Begins with some fun observations about being an academic in Hawaii. Motivated both by my early work studying dyadic interaction with Belvedere and a theoretical view of the multi-dimensionality of distributed learning in socio-technical networks and consequent analytic challenges, outlines a framework called "Traces" that addresses these challenges. Most of the examples are of analysis of Tapped In, a successful online network of educational professionals from 1997-2013. Probably the most comprehensive overview of my research to date.
Social network analysis and social presenceDragan Gasevic
This presentation is prepared for DALMOOC and talks about the use of social network analysis for the development of social capital based on social presence in communities of inquiry The presentation is based on
Kovanović, V., Joksimović, S., Gašević, D., Hatala, M., “What is the source of social capital? The association between social network position and social presence in communities of inquiry,” In Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Educational Data Mining – Workshops, London, UK, 2014, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1183/gedm_paper03.pdf
The studio is a hallmark trait of design education and practice. Working in a shared space, students solicit each other’s help and gain wisdom by seeing their peers’ work and failures, successes, and evolutions. It’s a tremendously powerful learning experience. It’s also tremendously resource intensive. Studios generally require dedicated, collocated space for students, and studio classes tend to have extremely limited enrollment. How might we create online experiences that are inspired by the design studio, and open those peer learning opportunities to learners around the globe?
In this COIL Fischer Speaker Series event, Scott Klemmer shared his adventures in creating global-scale peer learning systems for formative feedback, small-group discussion, and summative assessment. In 2012, his research group collaborated with Coursera to launch the first massive-scale class with self and peer assessment. Since then, their systems have been used by more than a hundred massive online classes and on-campus flipped classrooms. Because online learning platforms embed pedagogy into software, they provide a powerful setting for using and building theory through experimentation.
Scott also used their online learning research as a case study in Design at Large: experiments and research systems leverage real-world, web-scale usage to create practical theories for design. Currently, many design practices are faith-based rather than research-based. Why is there a shortfall of principles? In part, some see design as intrinsically mystical and impervious to investigation, because creative work is clearly complex and multifarious. And in part, this is a multidisciplinary effort. Design is front-page news, the topic of Hollywood films, and enrollment in design courses — both in person and online — has skyrocketed. For Scott, the most powerful part is how many people are excited about making stuff. Let’s match this enthusiasm with insight.
The video of this presentation can be viewed at https://goo.gl/maJfh0
Learning Analytics -Towards a New Discipline-Dragan Gasevic
The talk, motivated by the present state of learning and education, identifies a need for a systematic change of the present preactice. Learning analytics is identified as a possible way to good to address this open challenge. Some connections with evidence-based medicine are drawn. Finally, learning analytics is defined as well as some open research challenges.
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Much of the evidence surrounding the use (and re-use) of OER is fragmentary or anecdotal. The OLnet project has developed a software tool for effectively gathering, sharing and judging the evidence around key issues of OER. The Evidence Hub distills key insights from the cloud of discussion and opinion creating a thematically indexed, structured ecosystem of organisations, project, issues, recommendations and evidence for the use of those who form the Open Education movement. In this presentation we explain the key concepts behind the Evidence Hub and some of its possible uses.
Stephen MacNeil is a researcher specializing in design cognition, collaboration, and education. To address these problems I adopt an human-centered HCI perspective and leverage machine learning and visualizations to explore problems in these domains.
The studio is a hallmark trait of design education and practice. Working in a shared space, students solicit each other’s help and gain wisdom by seeing their peers’ work and failures, successes, and evolutions. It’s a tremendously powerful learning experience. It’s also tremendously resource intensive. Studios generally require dedicated, collocated space for students, and studio classes tend to have extremely limited enrollment. How might we create online experiences that are inspired by the design studio, and open those peer learning opportunities to learners around the globe?
In this COIL Fischer Speaker Series event, Scott Klemmer shared his adventures in creating global-scale peer learning systems for formative feedback, small-group discussion, and summative assessment. In 2012, his research group collaborated with Coursera to launch the first massive-scale class with self and peer assessment. Since then, their systems have been used by more than a hundred massive online classes and on-campus flipped classrooms. Because online learning platforms embed pedagogy into software, they provide a powerful setting for using and building theory through experimentation.
Scott also used their online learning research as a case study in Design at Large: experiments and research systems leverage real-world, web-scale usage to create practical theories for design. Currently, many design practices are faith-based rather than research-based. Why is there a shortfall of principles? In part, some see design as intrinsically mystical and impervious to investigation, because creative work is clearly complex and multifarious. And in part, this is a multidisciplinary effort. Design is front-page news, the topic of Hollywood films, and enrollment in design courses — both in person and online — has skyrocketed. For Scott, the most powerful part is how many people are excited about making stuff. Let’s match this enthusiasm with insight.
The video of this presentation can be viewed at https://goo.gl/maJfh0
Learning Analytics -Towards a New Discipline-Dragan Gasevic
The talk, motivated by the present state of learning and education, identifies a need for a systematic change of the present preactice. Learning analytics is identified as a possible way to good to address this open challenge. Some connections with evidence-based medicine are drawn. Finally, learning analytics is defined as well as some open research challenges.
Building and Communicating Evidence of Effectiveness in OER through Collectiv...Robert Farrow
Much of the evidence surrounding the use (and re-use) of OER is fragmentary or anecdotal. The OLnet project has developed a software tool for effectively gathering, sharing and judging the evidence around key issues of OER. The Evidence Hub distills key insights from the cloud of discussion and opinion creating a thematically indexed, structured ecosystem of organisations, project, issues, recommendations and evidence for the use of those who form the Open Education movement. In this presentation we explain the key concepts behind the Evidence Hub and some of its possible uses.
Stephen MacNeil is a researcher specializing in design cognition, collaboration, and education. To address these problems I adopt an human-centered HCI perspective and leverage machine learning and visualizations to explore problems in these domains.
Presentation at FETC13 with Dr. Francisca Yonekura of the University of Central FLorida and Tanya Martin of Broward County Public School in Orlando, FL, January 2013
Invited presentation to UCF's 2012 Summer Faculty Development Conference on the topic of using immersive learning environments to prepare and engage more students into study abroad.
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http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
TCC Online Conference 2014 -Towards Transdisciplinarity with CVEs
1. Towards Transdisciplinarity: Leading Collaboration in
Virtual Environments as Embodied Avatars
Dr. Cynthia Calongne,
Colorado Technical University
Dr. Andrew Stricker,
The Air University, USAF
19th Annual TCC Worldwide Online Conference, April 23, 2014
Dr. Barbara Truman,
Colorado Technical University
aka Delightful Doowangle
8. 3 Part Survey- group, avatar, and
individual experience
N=61 participants completed the entire
online survey representing a 72%
completion rate. The data were
analyzed using SPSS22 and NVivo10.
5 scales: Group Engagement, Group
Collaboration, Avatar Empowerment,
Self-Actualization, and Interdisciplinary
Professionalism among 14 theorized
factors.
Alpha reliability analysis (α =.93).
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin sampling
adequacy .526
Online Survey Administration
9. Participant Demographics
Respondents came from seven countries,
predominantly USA 87%. 44 groups represented
across professional associations, non-profits,
science-related, government and military.
Females 54%, males 44%
Respondents were predominantly Caucasian 77%
All age groups between 20 and 70+ were
represented. Largest segment, 50-60 year olds 30%
All professional domains were represented from
industry, education, government, and military.
Largest segment, university level 32%
Educational attainment was high. Largest segment
reporting doctorate level degree 33%
The largest role reported was leaders 53% and 71%
of respondents reported reusing their avatar identity
across grids and platforms while 33% use their
avatar identity with social media.
Primary Platforms
67% Second Life
25% OpenSim
8% World of Warcraft
Tour of Post-Traumatic
Stress Environment
Second Life 2012 Photo
Credit: Gridjumper
10. US Army Research Lab, Simulation &
Training Technology Center (STTC)
Intel Load Test OpenSim
2013
http://militarymetaverse.org
11. SIGVE attendees at the June
2013 annual International
Society for Technology in
Education conference in San
Antonio, TX
Special Interest Group
Virtual Environments
13. Quantitative Component Extraction
Group Attachment
EMPOWER
ENGAGE
COLLAB
TRANS
Group Engagement
Group Understanding
Group Collaboration
Group Role
Open Listening
Avatar Relationship
Avatar Empowerment
Avatar Generativity
Avatar Expression
Somatic Awareness
Presencing (Avatar)
Transdisciplinarity
Leadership
Component EMPOWER ENGAGE COLLAB TRANS
EMPOWER
ENGAGE .235
COLLAB .142 .115
TRANS .385 .196 .183
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis.
Rotation Method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization.
Eigenvalue 2.90, four factors
Eigenvalue 11.74, two factors
Eigenvalue 4.83, one factor
Eigenvalue 3.58, four factors
Correlation Matrix, Values of <.4 suppressed
.385
N= 61, 44 quantitative variables
14. Qualitative Theme Extraction
3 open questions
- group
- avatar
- individual
11 ancillary
questions that
were answered
on average by 42
respondents
Open & axial
coding
2,515
references
104 nodes
created in
Nvivo10
Codebook
12 word clouds
created from
coded nodes
35 text queries
created from
source material
18
Themes
Embodiment
Self-
actualization
Discipline
Aspiration
Techne
(Boyatiz,1998 and Glaser, 1967)
17. The Presencing Institute (PI) is an awareness-based action research community for
profound societal innovation and change. The presencing process is a journey that
connects us more deeply both to what wants to emerge in the world and to our emerging,
higher self. http://presencing.com/about
6th Discipline of Presencing
19. Identity Factors – Supermorphia
(Young & Whitty, 2011) ‘ideal’ self to
better measure virtual-physioception
Physiological therapies using somatic
experience in CVEs – intersection with
biofeedback devices
Connecting CVEs with place-bound
simulators to blend physical and
virtual teams, organizations, and
community action
Social entrepreneurship and
leadership development
Future Research And Practice
Virtual Learning
Organization
Communities (VLOC)
and Virtual Open Online
Conferences (VOOC)?
OpenSimulator Community Conference, Sept. 2013
http://www.techthisway.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/IFTF_FutureWorkSkillsSummary_01.gifAlso recent Huffington Post editorial 4/10/14 by the President of Woodbury Universityhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/luis-maria-r-calingo/educating-for-uncertainty_b_5121958.html?ir=College