2008 AECT SecondLife Orlando Archives

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Session 21-IB

'Evaluating SL Course Experience: A Learner's Evaluation and Faculty Response'

Description: Publications about educational experiences in Second Life generally have provided reportage about events and uses, and only a small amount about teaching and learning. Additionally, existing evaluation remarks little about the offering relative to the institutional framework to which it belongs. A faculty-learner shares their resulting dialogue about a course evaluation based on Badrul Khan’s Flexible E-Learning Model. This session will be simulcast from the conference into Second-Life to artifacts illustrating various observations. (Full Abstract available at Convention Schedule)

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Time block: 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Key presenter: Alice Bedard-Voorhees, Office of Innovations for Teaching and Learning, Colorado Mountain College

Copresenter(s): Lisa Dawley, Dept. of Ed. Tech, Boise State University®

Session 23-IB

'On the Horizon: Web 3D'

Description: Universal standards of interoperability for designing virtual meta-verse environments will be discussed by a panel of virtual world developers. An in-world panel of leading virtual world developers and educators will discuss designing virtual environments for learning and the future of universal standards of interoperability. (Full Abstract available at Convention Schedule)

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Time block: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Key presenter:Tom Atkinson, University of Central Florida

Copresenter(s): Claudia L'Amoreaux, Education Community Developer; Chuck Hamilton, Learning and New Media Program Manager; Dr. Larry Johnson New Media Consortium, CEO; John Lester Boston Operations Director, Linden Labs

Session 24-IB

'Constructivist Learning in Second Life: Empirical Evidence, Beating the Challenges, and Best Practices in Design and Development.'

Description: Based on the original research of the presenters, participants will learn about the extent to which students can learn by constructivist activity in Second Life, the unique challenges that educators and learners face, and the lessons learned that can be applied to their SL education efforts. (Full Abstract available at Convention Schedule)

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Time block: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Key presenter: Steven Hornik, University of Central Florida®

Session 25-IB

'SOLVE Island: Teacher and Student Uses and Perceptions of Teen Second Life'

Description: SOLVE Island is a project created in Teen Second Life, a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) open to teens, ages 13 to 17. The thrust of the project is allow teachers and students the opportunity to experiment with a MUVE for their classroom. The research is based on examining their perceptions based on Rogers' (2003) Theory of Perceived Attributes. A total of five school districts (from Virginia and Texas) are partners on the project. (Full Abstract available at Convention Schedule)

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Time block: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Key presenter: Ross A Perkins, Virginia Tech®

Session 26-IB

'Let the Second Life Games Begin!'

Description: Experience first hand the instructional design potential of the highly engaging teaching and learning Second Life environment. The participants will join one of 2 teams, one moderated by a real moderator, another by a virtual one. Both teams will have a virtual team counterpart in Second Life. Participants will synchronously use both virtual and real spaces for collaborative development of communication and design skills, while competing in a design problem competition. (Full Abstract available at Convention Schedule)

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Time block: 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Key presenter: Marija Franetovic, Course Developer at Lawrence Technological University; PhD Graduate Student at Wayne State University

Copresenter(s): Rob Stephenson, The Tech Museum of Innovation

Session 27-IB

'Internet Safety In a Virtual Learning Environment'

Description: Virtual worlds such as Second Life tempt educators with the potential of highly interactive, engaging technology. But that level of engagement makes these environments potentially more threatening. Unlike the “flat world” of the 2D web, the 3D world of Second Life presents the possibility of being surrounded by attackers, of being pursued by virtual physical and mental assault, of being “griefed.” You and your students need to know how to protect yourselves. (Full Abstract available at Convention Schedule)

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Time block: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Key presenter: Bill Freese, Montana State University®