Following on from yesterday’s posting I was interested to see that the latest issue of Innovate is a
” special issue on academics in virtual environments [that] focuses on the possibilities and pitfalls of teaching in virtual worlds. Our contributors offer insights into how educators exploring multiuser virtual environments (MUVEs) can use the lessons learned […]
More of these videos that I’ve been exploring.
Virtual Social Worlds and the Future of Learning –9:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2jY4UkPbAc
Talks about 7 Sensibilities
The Sense of Self
The Death of Distance
The Power of Presence
The Sense of Space
The Capability to Co-Create
The Pervasiveness of Practice
The Enrichment of Experience
Edusim 3D in your class: 3:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFsxev-2sk
Mashing up interactive whiteboards and virtual worlds (Edusim3d), an open source […]
In my job, I do a lot of thinking about how you make online communities work, how do you know they are “working”, and how do you know they have passed their “use-by” date?
I’m convinced that though the technology can assist, and obsolete technology can hinder, that the clue to success lies within the community […]
This article comes from eSchool News for April 22. Educators attending a webinar on gaming in education agreed that online gaming can help students develop many of the skills they’ll be required to use upon leaving school. such as critical thinking, problem solving and creativity.
Many education groups, such as ISTE and the Discovery Educator Network […]
It occurred to me last night when I was writing a posting about virtual worlds on my “book review” blog, that I should re-visit the concept of virtual worlds and the role they could play in education.
I read crime fiction and in the book that I have recently finished, WICKER by Kevin Guilfoile, the author […]
The New Year always seems to lend itself to casting your mind back over the past 12 months and thinking about what you’ve achieved and what you need to do better.
What I’ve been thinking about is how my online life has changed, how much more time I’m making for it, and reflecting on what perhaps […]
I’ve been asked to explain the title of my blog “You Are Never Alone”. The first time I ever used the title was for the first presentation I ever gave at an ICT conference, ACEC2000. The paper that I wrote was really about the usefulness, even necessity, of belonging to supportive professional email lists.
I had […]
The celebrations of edna’s 10th birthday went off really well.
Find out what happened through the following resources.
Visit edna’s 10th birthday page - http://www.edna.edu.au/10birthday for details and updates or to find out what tags, Second Life, Live Classroom, del.icio.us, Technorati, Flickr, Frappr maps and/or Voice Threads are all about.
edna’s 10th birthday and the journey of […]
We’ve had our final logistics run-through, and tried to work out what we’ve missed! Kerry Johnson (aka Pandora Kurrajong) will be on the island of Terra Incognita in Second Life, Gemma Mayfield and I will be in Live Classroom in various guises, the draft programme for the event here in Adelaide has been honed, the […]
Only 5 sleeps to edna’s 10th birthday.
Today we got greetings from Luisa Marquardt in Italy who sent a link to her blog posting.
http://biblioragazzi.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/i-primi-10-anni-di-edna/
One of the staff translated the Italian for me (mine is only good for reading railway timetables) as:
EDNA (EDucation Network Australia), the Australian network of interesting resources, easily accessible online and useful for […]
