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April 9, 2009<br>
LuAnn Phillips, Betsy Buffington, Dwayne Watson, Larry Jackson, Deb Sellers, Celia Hayhoe, Beth Raney, Fred Rodriguez, Jonell
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Updates:
Deb: group coming to tour the Live-ability house May 27th. Adding some content, links to web-based content about the UD/AT features
DEVELOPING YOUR EDUCATIONAL PROJECT IN SECOND LIFE<br>
(an outline in progress!)
*Challenges for the educator
** Not enough personal experience to understand the SL environment
** Lack of expertise to know what questions to ask to make informed decisions
** Not knowing what skills/knowledge are required
** Lack of internal personnel with the correct skills
** Lack of technical requirements/hardware
** Not really knowing where to begin!
# develop your own basic SL skills,
#* in world: tutorials, classes, mentors
#* external: books, websites, blogs, email lists, social media groups
# visit educational sites in SL
#* resource: http://collaborate.extension.org/wiki/Cooperative_Extension_Second_Life_Educators
# who is your audience?
#* general SL population
#* newbies to SL
#* students in a RL program, group or class
#* colleagues
#* conference attendees
# How will your learners access SL?
#* will learning be synchronous or asynchronous?
#* are your learners together in FL or distributed?
#* will the learners be viewing or participating?
#* will each learner have an avatar, or will there be one for the group?
#* <br>
#* What technical needs do you have to reach these learners?
#* Your own computer/internet
#* Learners' computers/internet
#* resource: http://secondlife.com/support/sysreqs.php
# What is the purpose for using Second Life?
#* innovation?
#* ability to do something impossible in rl?
#* connect distributed group?
#* more reach for your program?
#* research?
#* marketing?
#* immersive qualities?
#* constructivist approach?
#* role play?
#* learner engagement?
# What are the learning objectives?
#* knowledge/cognitive
#* most likely there will be several
#* Blooms taxonomy is helpful
#* resource: http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/RevisedBlooms1.html
# What type of immersive experience will match your objectives?
#* realism/fantasy
#* facts/ideas
#* receive knowledge/create knowledge
#* 100% SL or blended with external sources
# where will it be built? eXtension land, University land, private land, buy/rent/borrow?
# put into logic model form
#* inputs >activities > outputs > outcomes
# recruit your team --in house? eXtension? Contracted services?
#* educational design-professor, educator, students (?)
#** storyboarding
#** artistic elements
#** conceptual plan
#* implementation
#** artistic/graphic design
#** terraform
#** build
#** texturing
#** script
#** animation
#* Cost/budgeting
# How will your team communicate?
#* in world
#* adobe connect
#* conference calls
#* F2F
#* email
#* twitter
#* wiki
# What is your timeline?
#* allow time for testing, tweaking
# How will your project be maintained?
#* land or parcel management
#* land/object permissions
#* intellectual property rights
#* security
#* scheduling/management/staffing of events
#* tracking use
# How will you let people know about your project?
#* groups, blogs, press releases, SL events
# evaluation, informal/formal
#* research study? (approval for human subjects)
#* data collection methods
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