Virtual Learning Spaces Lagging or Loving it SL

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Virtual Learning Spaces Lagging or Loving it
(SL)?

• Presented by
• Kevin Brace (RSC WM HE Co-ordinator). MSc.
  PG-Cert. Ieng. Pdf-elt.
• Jane Edwards. (RSC WM ACL Advisor). BA (Hons)

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ED UK RSC UK presence others
A collaborative social space
The new voice tool makes communication easier!
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ED UK RSC UK presence others
A learning space
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Plymouth University
Educational. Ermm.. Interactive advice on safe
sex!!
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Shimmer Island (Bromley College)
Educational. An interactive library. Filled with
books, videos, links to VLE
Educational. An interactive museum of the history
of PCs.
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Shimmer Island (Bromley College)
Educational. An interactive learning space.
Activate posters to read and witness scripts in
action
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Cetlment Island (OU)
Learning social spaces. Interactive
objects. RSS feeds from UK newspapers websites
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Derby University
Links to relevant resources on the VLE. Closing
the loop between SL the VLE
Learning social spaces. Interactive
objects. Plagiarism advice note card, in the
communication skills section
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British Literature
Interactive art gallery objects. Further reading
note card, in the academic writing section. Links
to web resources
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Leeds College
A simple gallery social space
A video wall, linked to streaming video. Could
easily be a link to other web based portfolio
work.
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Middlesbrough City College
Learning social spaces. Learning styles mind
mapping promoted.
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Learn 4 Life (Scotland)
Learning social spaces. Interactive objects,
playing video and audio clips as you walk past.
Multimodal. Links to websites
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University of Paisley et al (SLOODLE)

• Eduserv SL grants 2007
• London Knowledge Lab
• (learning from SL),
• Kings College London,
• (historic theatres in SL)
• University of Oxford
• (web 2.0 for computer modelling)

Mashing Moodle with SL, long term project,
recently funded by Eduserv.
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As part of their range of Second Life activities,
the Eduserv Foundation hired me to do a series of
"snapshot" reports, looking at the take-up of SL
within the UK Higher and Further Education
sector. The update of the first report,
containing some new examples of how and where
Second Life is being used in UK Higher and
Further Education, can be downloaded from the
Eduserv Foundation websiteJohn Kirriemuir

• http//www.eduserv.org.uk/upload/foundation/sl/uks
  napshot092007/final.pdf

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Where next?

• Download SL client
• http//secondlife.com/community/downloads.php
• Join Second Life JISC Mail List
• http//www.jiscmail.ac.uk/SECONDLIFE
• Jane Edwards SL wiki
• http//muvestaffdev.pbwiki.com/
• Jane Edwards. (RSC WM ACL Advisor).
  p.jane.edwards_at_wlv.ac.uk, 01902 518983