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final presentation for Sunderland #ItsGrimUpNorth
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Virtual Worlds in Education(Casting Pride & Prejudice)
Kate BoardmanSunderland, April 2009
Virtual Worlds
• Definitions
• Dreaming
• Developing
Definitions
Virtual Worlds in Education?
Learning in Virtual Worlds?
Learning in Virtual Worlds?
• Virtual Learning• Virtual Teaching• Virtual World
Learning in Virtual Worlds?
• Online Learning• Online Teaching• Online World
Learning in Virtual Worlds?
• Online Learning• Online Teaching• Online World
• Real Learning• Real Teaching• Real World
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
• Content • Communication• Assessment
• Customisation
= Learning Management System
Virtual Worlds
• 3D immersive environments• Simulations• Collaboration• Exploration• Creation
= Virtual Learning Environment
Dreaming
Developing
Typology ( v basic )
• Beach & cushions
• Campus replicator
• « Now what? »
• ...the dangerous ones... (the ones with the ideas...)
Visual Environments
What does......look like?
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Who is your...
Hercule Poirot
...?
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Does it matter what your...
Hercule Poirot
looks like...?
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Who is your...
Miss Marple
...?
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Does it matter what your...
Miss Marple
looks like...?
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Who is your...
Mr Darcy
...?
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Casting Pride & Prejudice
Does it matter?
Does it matter?
What...
a caféa canteena dwelling an office
...looks like?
Café
• French • ...
What makes a French café?
Café
Café
Café
Café
Does it matter?
Canteen
• Factory• ...
What does a (factory) canteen look like?
• Dirty• ...
Does it matter?
What...
a caféa canteena dwelling an office
...looks like?
Does it matter?
What...
a caféa canteena dwelling an office
...looks like?
Does it matter?
What...
a caféa canteena dwelling an office
...looks like?
Does it matter?
Dwelling
Dwelling
Just an individual dwelling
What does a «dwelling» look like?
Dwelling
Just an individual dwelling
Dwelling
Just an individual dwelling
Dwelling
Just an individual dwelling
Dwelling
Dwelling
Just an individual dwelling
Does it matter?
Text/Image/Learning Outcome
Detailed textscenarioprovided
Staff care what it looks like
Affects the learning outcome
Café
Cante
en
Dwellin
g
Text/Image/Learning Outcome
Detailed textscenarioprovided
Staff care what it looks like
Affects the learning outcome
Café
Cante
en
Dwellin
g
Text/Image/Learning Outcome
Detailed textscenarioprovided
Staff care what it looks like
Affects the learning outcome
Café
Cante
en
Dwellin
g
Text/Image/Learning Outcome
Detailed textscenarioprovided
Staff care what it looks like
Affects the learning outcome
Café
Cante
en
Dwellin
g
Does it matter?
What...
an office
...looks like?
Office
• Desk• Filing cabinet• Diary• Computer• Files• Phone...
Text/Image/Learning Outcome
Detailed textscenarioprovided
Staff care what it looks like
Affects the learning outcome
Café
Cante
en
Dwellin
g
Offi
ce
()
()
()
Does it matter?
What...
an office
...looks like?
Does it matter?
What...
an office
...looks like?
Developing VLEs (==LMSs)
• Relevant• Look good (believable)
*not necessarily L$ or time*• Easily navigable• Allow focus on the learning
outcome
Developing VLEs
• What do you want?• What’s the learning outcome of
this?• How detailed does it need to be?
Developing VLEs
• What do you want?• What’s the learning outcome of
this?• How detailed does it (really) need
to be?
Developing VLEs
• What do you want?• What’s the learning outcome of
this?• How detailed does it (really) need
to be?• Do you have real/virtual images,
or only mental ones?
Developing VLEs
• What do you want?• What’s the learning outcome of
this?• How detailed does it (really) need
to be?• Do you have real/virtual images,
or only mental ones?• Can you draw it? (!)
Developing VLEs
• What do you want?• What’s the learning outcome of
this?• How detailed does it (really) need
to be?• Do you have real/virtual images,
or only mental ones?• Can you draw it? (!)• When do you need it? (!!)