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Supporting Teaching in Virtual Worlds

● Samples of Virtual Teaching

● Samples of Virtual Teaching Support

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Virtual Venues● Virtual worlds are caricatures in which we immerse.

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My First Teaching in Virtual Worlds

● How to be a Blarney Stone host

● How to be a Dublin Virtually Live shift manager

● Sound check and tips for Live Musicians

● How to move / be a Float in a St. Pat's Parade

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Virtual Teaching Support

● Building sets for training machinima

● Helping instructors re locations and structures

● Providing access to specialized expertise

● Helping students present “live” as Avatars

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Virtual Venues for Teaching

● Traditional

● Park your avatar / let your mind loose

● Nontraditional

● Let your avatar loose / stay with your teleport buddy

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Sample Virtual Teaching Checklist

● Before first class:

● Is everyone on the same viewer version?

● Has everyone confirmed viewer settings?

● Has everyone taken time to log in and explore?

● At start of each class:

● Is everyone online without crashing issues?

● Can everyone see, be seen, hear, and be heard?

● Does everyone have a buddy for teleporting?

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Sample Virtual Teaching Tools

● Notecards, Landmarks

● Chat & IM logging (Me - Preferences - Privacy)

● Sitters (e.g., click chair to auto sit)

● Givers (e.g., click object to auto receive notecard)

● Teleporters (e.g., click to auto open map for TP)

● Slideshow Screens (although web view is easier)

● Really Fast Fingers (for when sound is out or a verbal transcript is needed)

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Sample Virtual Teaching Resources

● Second Life Educators List https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

● Hypergrid Business Journal www.hypergridbusiness.com/

● Each other!

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Summary

● Successful educators know their medium.

● Be a fluent Avatar.

● Be a literate Builder.

● Successful educators optimize the shortcomings as well as the possibilities.

● Be an Artist

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Thank You!

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