17. Teaching Business Etiquette
At a lecture for the Linden Labs Education Support Faire 2009, the
presenters give an example of how Second Life can be used to teach
Dining Etiquette skills
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18. Collaboration: Google Certified
Teachers
The first gathering of Google Certified Teachers who are using
various Google tools (Chat, Docs, Scholar) within Second Life for
educational purposes
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19. Second Life and Sloodle
Avatars Bonbon and Gloria visiting the Sloodle simulation in Second
Life to learn how the tool is used
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20. Harvard University
Avatars Bonbon and Gloria visiting a lecture theater in Second Life
to evaluate presentation tools at Harvard University
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23. MUVEnation Group Meeting
Members of MUVEnation group discussing and using Sloodle, a
mashup of Moodle and Second Life for submitting work directly from
Second Life into the Moodle
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This allows me to give background and leads to problem statement Focus: learning experiences in 3D VWs/instructors using VWs to teach adult learners How do they use and implement this technology to design effective learning experiences? The focus is on the learning experience, not the tool. The tool facilitates the design of the learning experience. I want to learn how, and why, they turn to VWs to deliver instruction, what the challenges are, and what are the characteristics of successful VW implementations *not focused on VW platforms. Focused on their use to deliver learning experiences and teach adults
University list in appendix of proposal, since then have located others (Dr. Rouskas, Dr. Sizemore)
