Agenda

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Agenda

• Barriers and developments of SL
• Example of current uses
• Potential uses
• Tools to develop (whats next)
• May 28th open house?

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Barriers

• Performance and reliability of SL
• Performance of school equipment
• Students wont install SL

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Developments
Current efforts to improve SL

• Complete redesign of SLs architecture
• Web-based SL clients
• In world HTML and Flash support

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Example Uses
Cultural Studies

• Megan Conklin of Elon University
• Course Imagining Technology
• Future of technology
• Similar or related to TECH 114?

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Example Uses
Cultural Studies - topics

• SL vs forums
• Avatar and identity
• Evolution of collaborative behaviours
• Issues of intellectual property
• Sharing / gift economy
• Virtual subcultures
• Government / self-governed communities

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Example Uses
Programming / Game Design

• All rudimentary programming knowledge applies to
  LSL.
• Conventional software development models can be
  applied to LSL too.

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Example Uses
Programming / Game Design

• Tringo multiplayer puzzle game
• Nintendo took notice and licenced it.

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Example Uses
Business Simulation
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Business Simulation
Virtual Gadgets specific to SL sub cultures
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Example Uses
Simulations (Biology)

• The difficulty of teaching online science
  classes is the lack of a lab
• - Max Chatnoir, Texas Wesleyan University

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Example Uses
Simulations (Biology Artificial Darwinism)
Scripted biological evolution of a school of
clown fish (nemo).
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Simulations (Biology Gene Pool)
http//slurl.com/secondlife/Immaculate/215/207/21/
 
Plant cross-breeding simulator Interactive DNA
model displays Centrifuge simulator Guinea pig
simulators Etc
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Example Uses
Visualization Tools
Means of visualization for teaching Prim-based
modeling Primitive geometric shapes
(mathematics)
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Visualization Tools (Mathematic modeling)
Mathmatical models can be created through
programming
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Virtual Archeology
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Potential Uses
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Potential Uses
To attract students
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Potential Uses
Example TechOne / SIAT learning model
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Potential Uses
TechOne LIDC (Jason Toal)
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Potential Uses
Example Interdisciplinary model
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Potential Uses
Example Interdisplinary model (Bio)
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Proven learning outcomes
Student

• Confidence from a work environment that
  encourages collaboration
• Confidence for leading in-world meetings
• Recognize creative potential

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Proven learning outcomes
School

• Foster collaboration across entire university
• Extend recruitment
• Information
• Online application
• New connections with other academics

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Tools to develope
Learning Mangement System (LMS)
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Tools to Develop
LMS - Possible System 1
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Tools to Develop
LMS - Possible System 2 (Ideal)
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Tools to Develop
Asset Management
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Next Steps
And what we need

• Install LMS (Moodle), integrate to SL
• Asset management system
• Begin use for orientation, recruitment

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What we need help on

• Detailed educational approaches
• Actual educational opportunities
• Publications, papers (from us?)

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May 28th open house?
Project must be complete to the point where we
can claim Everything we propose is not only
possible, but ready to go
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May 28th open house?

• Have an active group of students
• Alpha user testing complete