virtual worlds in education in 10 slides…
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Virtual Worlds in education in 10 slides…. OrO, Peter J. Dekker February ‘08. Virtual, digital, learning ……. What is a virtual world?. 3D Avatar: your digital self! Shared space, with many others, forming social groups Synchronous communication Co-creation - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Virtual Worlds in educationin 10 slides…
OrO, Peter J. Dekker
February ‘08
Virtual, digital, learning ……
What is a virtual world?
• 3D
• Avatar: your digital self!
• Shared space, with many others, forming social groups
• Synchronous communication
• Co-creation
• You leave, the others stay and go on
• USP’s: presence, space, co-creation
Learning in an virtual world ??
• Net generation – always online
• Social constructivism - the student is working, not the teacher
• New ways of learning - so they say..
• Its a new horizon.. we ain't seen nothing yet
Movies, cool! But …maybe not now
• Een filmpje over virtuele werelden i.h.a. (ca. 5 min.: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7C6LAEQUGs&feature=related)
• Second Life, specifiek over de educatieve toepassingen (ca. 6 min.): http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA&feature=related
• Een grapje (< 1min.): http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=OrAHBk4ZAeQ&feature=related
• Nog een informatieve introductie in Second Life, …een beetje lang (9. min.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jY4UkPbAc
• Sims Online (ca. 7,5 min): http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=qPLzRv1CWX8
• World of warcraft (ca. 5 min.): http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=u0BJWt_sxZc&feature=related
Others have boldly gone before us! Ouch.
• Hogeschool INHOLLAND
• FONTYS Hogeschool
• Hogeschool Rotterdam
• Technische Universiteit Delft
• etc
What did they do?
• Give instruction: live (well, sort of)
• Recorded colleges
• Building (together)
• Roleplaying
• ……
We know that this helps
• Give (educational) support
• Give relevant background information
• Do goal-oriented activities
• Give/get feedback
• Design realistic & challenging situations
• Interaction is key
• Fun(Leemkuil, 2007, AGS)
We don’t know yet about this…
• Pedagogical– We want learning results How do we shape the virtual
world?– We really want learning results Which interventions do we
use at what time?– We really, really, really want learning results What do we
need to do in the virtual world to ensure that we use the competence later in the real world?
• Technical:– What is needed for this university to use this tool: hardware,
support, etc.
In short: what do we learn from virtual worlds? (yes, that’s a deep one)
Who wants to know?
• HvA (its in the policy)
– Oro?? Staff department Education & applied research
• Nation-wide: expertgroup ‘ICT in learning’
www.hva.nl