Using Second Life for Teaching and Learning

Dr. Cynthia Calongne

Colorado Technical University

TCC Virtual Worlds Preview

March 13,2008

Common Educator Questions What can I do with my students in SL?

How do we teach and learn in SL?

How do I manage my students and have them create accounts to use SL?

Where do I get SL info? http://edumuve.com/tour/

Activities and Class Management in SL

BlendingSocratic discussion

andactivity-based learning

Mentoring -- 1st Virtual Middle School

Suffern Middle School at Ramapo on the Teen Grid

How we Teach and Learn in SL Self image ==> Mentor, collaborate Social networks Class projects Roleplay Learning games Blended reality Exploration Build

Create an avatar - you! Office hours, facilitation Share ideas, hold meetings Applied learning Immersive learning Interactivities Real & virtual meetings Visit, tour, study Create and customize

80% of the world’s Internet users will be in a virtual world by the end of 2011 (Gartner, 2007) -- Are you ready?

Real Life Education in a Virtual WorldCTU Class Projects

Second Life Account Creation Check your Second

Life name for availability Choose a first name

and select a last name from the menu

Do not join here Use the NMC url

Join SL at the NMC Orientation site

Teleport to class

https://secure-web19.secondlife.com/join/

Do not join Second Life here as the NMC Orientation site listed below is easy to access, has cool educational freebies and you can visit and guide your students

http://sl.nmc.org/join/

Use a landmark, a slurl or the Map button with a region name

Virtual learningspaces use creative

and innovative environments

Experimentaldesign

classrooms

Virtual classes mingleand cross over

classroom boundaries

Communicating with studentsin Second Life

Left to right

TeleportGroup Notice

2nd rowVoice Chat (*)Instant MessageURLs embedded

Real and Virtual Meetings

NMC Symposiums

NMC Teachers Buzz:an

Educational Community

Colorado Tech IslandUniversity

Location for student activities, services, libraries, museums and extracurricular activities

Displaying student projectsand creating anAlumni Center

Establish Your Sense of Presence

A CTU Student-Designed Maze Game

I survived the Maze Game

shirts

Subsystems:Humorous Traps

and Scoreboard

Underwater Office

Virtual office hours in a creative meeting

and learning space

More Learning Opportunities

Collaboration and community Extracurricular events

Cultural venues SL groups, including

educational networks

A University of Choice!

Teaching and Learning extends beyond the classroom Student services and

activities Music, dance, art Scientific programs Real life education in

Second Life Research

Using Second Life for Teaching and Learning

Lyr Lobo in Second LifeRyl Redgrave on the Teen Grid at Ramapo

calongne@pcisys.net

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