A Virtual Learning Environment, Museum, and Library Exhibit - presentation of the paper of Valerie Hill & Stylianos Mystakidis at VSMM 2012 conference, Milan, Italy.
2. Maya
Island
Virtual
Museum
A
Virtual
Learning
Environment,
Museum,
and
Library
Exhibit
-‐
Valerie
Hill
&
Stylianos
Mystakidis
Stylianos
Mystakidis
mystakidis@upatras.gr
3. Stylianos
Mystakidis
• E-‐learning
Triathlete
(Design
–
Develop
–
Teach)
@
University
of
Patras,
Greece
• Adjunct
Faculty
@
Open
University
of
Catalonia
European
Master
in
E-‐learning
Course
Design
&
Teaching
• Teaching
Mentor
@
University
of
Washington,
Certificate
in
Virtual
Worlds
4. Valerie
Hill,
PhD
• Adjunct
instructor
at
TWU
School
of
Library
and
Information
Science
• School
librarian
• Early
adopter
of
virtual
worlds
• Interests:
information
literacy,
human-‐
computer
interaction,
and
the
impact
of
the
digital
revolution
on
education
and
libraries
11. Certificate
Program
in
Virtual
Worlds
(#UWVW)
• University
of
Washington
(uw.edu)
• 3
consecutive
courses
(Autumn,
Winter,
Spring):
– Concepts
&
Principles
of
Virtual
Worlds
– Designing
Virtual
Worlds
(Building)
– Programming
Virtual
Worlds
(Scripting)
• Class:
3
hours
per
week
in
SL
for
1o
weeks
• Study
time*:
2-‐3
h
for
each
class
hour
21. Virtual
Worlds
Sensibili1es
The Sense of Self
The Death of Distance
The Power of Presence
The Sense of Space
The Capability to Co-Create
The Pervasiveness of Practice
The Enrichment of Experience
Kapp,
O’Driscoll,
2010
27. Future
• Open
Educational
Resource
&
Environment
• We
welcome
Academic
Partnerships
with
Universities
&
Faculty
worldwide
• Chabot
Space
&
Science
Center
(Smithsonian)
• Transfer
to
Opensim
• More
1:
Avalumni
Virtual
Worlds
Gridhopping
• More
2:
Museum
of
Virtual
Media
in
Second
Life
in
cooperation
with
Stanford
University
(Infinite
Reality,
2011)
28. UW
Maya
Island
in
2d
&
3d
Internet
• Maya
Island
Blog
(information,
vide0s)
uwmaya.wordpress.com
• Visit
Maya
Island
in
Second
Life
(3D)
tinyurl.com/uwvw11
…
while
there
is
still
time!!!