Installation art is a natural for virtual worlds because space is low cost and building big is easy
Announcement of the Wednesday Writing Work-group. Anyone can join. It is on the web--go there with your browser. Just a web-link away from you.
Virtual worlds offer many of the educational affordances that are wanted in classrooms. But with more space, easier travel, more resources, more security, and lower costs. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
Joint event in Second Life and Fantasy Fair Radio
Communications content page for Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) in OpenSimulator. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
The Digital Teaching Assistant can be available whenever students are working on a presentation. DTA can collect intermediate products and make them available to the teacher or to other members of the work group. DTA can handle correspondence among the work group students and with the teacher. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
Immersive virtual residency for an online graduate school. Bring students and faculty together. Let them meet and explore common interests.
Videos from VWMOOC19 about web-worlds for education.
A collection of articles about the concept of a Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) in virtual worlds. The articles describe possible services the DTA could provide and draft content the DTA could offer to help students begin learning in virtual worlds. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
Bestselling author Steven Johnson explains how the science of deliberative decision-making can help us make better long-term choices - both personally and within society.
We've heard a lot in recent years about the science of quick-thinking and intuitive choices, but is this method always best? Bestselling author Steven Johnson explains how the science of deliberative decision-making can help us make better long-term choices - both personally and within society.
One of the important features of virtual worlds (MUVEs) is that you meet other people, talk with them, work with them. We never wonder about sense of presence. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
A digital campus can look and function much like a physical campus. It can provide some of the services that could be lost in the shift to digital education. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
A demonstration of using OpenSim affordances (a DTA) to provide introductory learning about any topic with concrete (visible) parts. This demonstration introduces the parts (here garden plants), showing 3D images of them in a typical location (situated learning). The images have links to detailed information, starting with the technical name. Suggestions are offered for using such a place for name-to-object learning and for testing the level of learning.
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Gamification suggestions to stimulate practice in search. The game is designed so that DTA can administer it, with the teacher later reviewing the results. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) instructions. Easy search and little text. Set up for quick answers to specific questions.
Digital Teaching Assistant: instructions to beginners for building a friends list. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
Speedboat riding around Great Central Lake in 3rd Rock Grid, testing speedboat jumps newly installed around the boat race course.
An advanced learning environment in a virtual world (MUVE). Examples of how the affordances of virtual worlds can help to create a learning environment. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
Digital Teaching Assistant instructions to be given to people coming to a virtual world for a class or a meeting. To avoid the steep learning curve, the only instructions given are for the actions needed in these activities. This article is explicitly licensed Public Domain (CC0).
