Presentation at Lakes Country Service Cooperative, February 2010

1. Teaching in the Virtual World Lisa Dawley, Ph.D. Professor & Chair Dept. of Educational Technology [email_address]

2. Agenda

3. This is a participatory session http://edtech.na5.acrobat.com/lcsc/

4. Trends: societal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

5. Trends: societal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

9. Forty-five states currently offer either state supplemental programs, full-time K-12 online programs, or both Keeping Pace, 2009

11. K12 Online Education Options Full-time Virtual Schools State Supplemental Programs College-Hosted Virtual Courses Brick N Mortar Full Virtual 0% of Day Online 100% of Day Online Traditional Tech Integrated Classroom Site-Based Online Course Lab Hybrid courses Online courses offered by B&M district Online Tech Enhanced Schools

12. Technologies: What does digital media learning look like today and tomorrow?

13. Learning Management Systems

14. Desktop Video Conferencing

15. Videos

16. Voki It’s about user-controlled digital media communication!

17. Blogs

18. Wikis

19. Glogs!

20. Virtual Worlds

21. 3D Learning Games

24. Social Networking

25. Exergaming Retrieved from http://www.nintendo.com/

26. Professional Learning Communities

27. Promising Practices: What works in online learning

28. Over 1,000 studies What research says

29. “ ...on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face classes. ” Evidence Based Practices of Online Learning, 2009

30. Impossible!

31. I knew it!

33. Online learning can be enhanced by giving learners control of their interactions with media http://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/rip-a-remix-manifesto.jpg http://voicethread.com/share/704030/

34. Online learning can be enhanced by prompting learner reflection

36. What are your participatory cultures?

46. Networking

47. More recently, when I was in high school…

50. EDTECH Island Then January 2007

52. 1,650 members

53. Professional Presentations

54. Hosting formal and informal social events

55. Teach people how to build

56. Educator Networks In and Around Second Life

57. Social Network Knowledge Construction Pedagogical framework Develops “avatar capital”

58. Social Network Knowledge Construction Pedagogical framework Develops “avatar capital” Insert examples from class

59. Social Network Knowledge Construction Pedagogical framework Develops “avatar capital” Insert examples from class

60. Social Network Knowledge Construction Pedagogical framework Develops “avatar capital” Insert examples from class

61. Social Network Knowledge Construction Pedagogical framework Develops “avatar capital” Insert examples from class

62. Social Network Knowledge Construction Pedagogical framework Develops “avatar capital” Insert examples from class

63. Leading Students in the Global Network

64. I appreciate your contributions!