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These are the visual aids I used when I presented at the ICC Conference in London in March 2008. They cover some principles governing the design of on-line courses in general and my course on Second Life in particular
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Constructing an Intercultural
Communication coursein Second Life
David RichardsonHögskolan i Kalmar
The Plan …
•15-minute presentation slots
•Buzz Groups
•for comments and questions
Where I work (and what I do)
Högskolan i Kalmar
Kamimo Islands Project
• January 2007: Project start (300,000 NOK - €38,000)
• Spring 2007: decisions … and land acquisition
• September 2007: Grand opening
• September - October 2007: pilot course
• October 2007: Oral Production (3 ECs) decision
• December 2007: Project re-funding for 2008
• January - March 2008: course activities on Kamimo
• February - April 2008: Oral Production Course 1
Time for a Buzz!
We’ve gone to Kamimo Island.
If you have the Second Life program on your computer (and if you’ve got an avatar), you can join us by clicking on
the Kamimo Island SLURL link in the Web Links pod down to the left
of your screen.
No Second Life? We’ll back in 10 minutes
Time for a Buzz!
Putting a Course Together in Second Life
•OP Parameters
• Departmental backing
• Funding
• Syllabus passed
• www.studera.nu
• SL audio chat in operation (August 2007)
Making Things Work 1
•OP Formalities
• 3 European Credits
• Standard oral proficiency skills course
• Course Launch + 5 Meetings
• 3 Assessed Tasks
• Individual Presentation (20 marks)
• Role Play (30 marks)
• Group Presentation (50 marks)
Making Things Work 2
Making Things Work 3
• Entire course delivered in world
• Registration (ID check & US buddy)
• Teaching Activities and Learning Practice
• Assessment and Examination
• SL as a place of study - not an object of study
• All group activities take place on Kamimo
• Individual study anywhere in world
• Linking up with the Yanks
• Central Missouri Composition Course students
• US course activities not the same as ours
Time for a Buzz!
How things worked in practice …Registration Day
How things worked in practice …Practising Register
How things worked in practice …A visit from Catwoman!
Some General Conclusions
•A great place for affective learning
• Quick transition to ‘avatar-speak’
• It’s my avatar that made the mistake …
• Learning English lying in bed!
•Norwegians - Swedes - Estoniansone big happy family!
•Italians found lack of body language inhibiting …
Any questions?
