Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, Ed.D. candidateJune 18, 2009
Into the Third Dimension with SLOODLENew Developments in Serving E-learnerswith 3D Learning Management Systems
Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J.Assistant Director, Second Life CampusSchool of Library & Information Science
San José State [email protected] - http://slisweb.sjsu.edu
Reality check…
• You have a Second Life avatar?• You have administered a Moodle?• You have installed a Moodle?• You have coded in PHP?• You can fly the Enterprise?
Age of the 3D Desktop
Apple Leopard
Linux CompViz
Windows Vista
Age of Immersive .edu
Quest Atlantis - Barab
Rivercity - Dede
America’s Army
Customized applications in Second Life
Sloodle Diagram
Sloodle adds…
• Engagement and Immersion• Scaffolded learning, assessment• Web 2.0 tools framework• Compatible open community partner• Rigorous structure, Rabid
Engagement
Sloodle 1.0 Solves:
• Security & Authentication– Avatar to LMS account
• LSL / PHP connection– Via LLHTTPRequest command
• Community structure created• Code repository and Docs Wiki
Eduserv Grant
• 80,000 GBP for Sloodle
Case Study
• Dubai-Korea Virtual Cultural Exchange
Student-Student focus
• Chris Surridge (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - KAIST)
• Nicole Shammas at Dubai Women’s College (DWC)
• Links to Second Life tutorials • 10 groups used Moodle Audio
Recorder 1.1
Learning Objectives
• Planned interaction• Topic selection• Response-consideration • Communication maintenance
Video Culture Capsule
• Opened in a live video-conferencing session
• Asynchronous activity: a video exchange
SLOODLE tools used
• Registration• Object Distributor• Web-Intercom
Registration
• Registration Booth• Access Checker & Door• Login Zone
Object distributor
TeenSL connection
Chat logger
Second Life Chat Moodle Chat
Web Intercom
Step #1
• Registering Second Life Avatars with Moodle
Step #2
• Building an Inventory – the Object Distributor
Step #3
• Real-time written conversation
Educational tools
• Distributor• WebIntercom• Register• PrimDrop (Assignment tool)• MetaGloss• Sloodle Toolbar (Blog & Gestures)• Quiz Chair / Pile On Quiz• Choice
Assignment Dropbox
Glossary linker
Classroom Gestures
Blog / Gesture
Quiz Chair
System Architecture
In Moodle
• Controller Module• Distributor Module• Menu Block• Sloodle_Prim_Drop• Freemail Blogger
Installation
Educator Survey
• Fall ‘07 survey with 155 respondents• 71% in SL for less than a year• 8.5% using 3D environments other
than SL to teach • 70.7% Moodle users
Sloodle Web Survey
Next steps
• Tasks and tracking• Zombies! (Games-based learning)• Refined Assessment• Case studies• Community development• Grant seeking
Student Stipends
Lesson Module Maze
SVN Archive sloodle.googlecode.com
Localization: Italian
Localization: French
Localization: Italian
Localization: Slovenian
Localization: Spanish
How to get more…
Documentation Wikihttp://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl/index.php/Sloodle
SVN Code Repositoryhttp://code.google.com/p/sloodle/source
“Full Perm” objectshttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Sloodle/128/128
How to get more…
SVN Code Repositoryhttp://code.google.com/p/sloodle/source
RIFERIMENTI
Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J.Assistant Director, Second Life CampusSchool of Library & Information Science
San José State [email protected] - http://slisweb.sjsu.edu