Gilly Salmon’s five stages of evaluation of an interactive educational environment are as follows: 1. Access & Motivation. Exploring the technology and motivation building are key issues. The e-moderator helps meeting people and learn the environment. 2. Socialisation. Building on the first stage, this stage focuses on social processes and ‘community building’. Moderator does bridge [...]
avatars, and how they operate
Taken from Phasing Grace – thanks.. The fact that we can separate the avatar from the behavior allows an exploration of the extent to which this reliance on visible information in the perception process is due to the lack of conscious control and the relative stability of the body. Perceivers know that the avatar is [...]
virtual pedagogy
in relation to the Second Life project I am running at University: The project will enhance learning and teaching through the explicit use of collaborative projects with different learning communities. This approach will give the learner a broader understanding of other approaches with regards to the dissemination of information. The project is original with reference [...]
northumbria school of design on the second life grid
so here’s the srl : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Northumbria%20Design%20School/68/40/26 if you have second life installed you can view it in google maps, and then go there. my moniker in SL is Bigtam Aristocrat, so feel free to add me once you are there. again, any responses to the design, layout etc. well recieved by us here. I must [...]