2019 #VWEDU #DTA: VWER tour, MOOC2019 Digital classrooms in the sky. And how a Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) could fit in.

VWER tour, MOOC2019  Digital classrooms in the sky.  
And how a Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) could fit in.

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).

A VWMOOC classroom in the sky

• We digitals are Toons.  
• We can run and not be weary.
• We can fall and not be hurt.
• Here the VWMOOC group visits a VWER instructional area.
• A Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) in a MUVE (virtual world): What would it do?
• The Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) for MUVES (virtual worlds): Summary

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Educators of the round table

• The event starts at the VWER round table. 
• VWER=Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable.
• This is not your father's classroom.

The participants assemble

• The table makes additional seats as people sit.
• We are not in Kansas anymore.

Gathering for the trip 

to the instructional site

• Notice that I did not call it a classroom.

Information literacy

• The instruction begins: Information literacy
• Information literacy (Wikipedia)
• Information literacy (search)

Islands in the air

• Each island offers a collection of related items, like sections in an old text book.
• But here people can stop and discuss what they read with others.
• A DTA could ask each participant to summarize the content on each Island.
• "Give 2 takeaway points." 
• The DTA might only count the entries and leave evaluation to the teacher.
• But the mere request would stimulate thinking.
• And encourage the habit of looking for takeaway points.

A knowledge map

• An instructional place could be arrayed like a knowledge map.
• Thus making the space itself informational.

Learning as a social event

• People can  talk about what they read with others who just read the same thing.
• Do group discussions improve understanding?  (search)
• A DTA could stimulate discussions by asking questions.
• And maybe build empathy by asking for contrasting viewpoints.

Sky islands create focal points

• From your location, the DTA knows what you are reading about. 

DTA articles

General

• A Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) in a MUVE (virtual world): What would it do?
• A digital teaching assistant (DTA) in a virtual world. Can it be done?
• Digital coaching is needed for the DTA: Do we have the technology for that?
• Online education, sure. But why a virtual campus? Why in a virtual world (MUVE)?

Development considerations

• DTA content pages: The plan: Initial DTA content on the web here. Can be used from here or copied for use elsewhere
• The digital teacher assistant and FERPA: there are security issues
• Will the Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) need artificial intelligence?

Possible services, education

• Edpuzzle offers DTA features and could serve as a module in Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA)
• We can reduce barriers to educational uptake of virtual worlds. Assessment of the situation
• The DTA as search coach: How does that work? Especially for project-based learning
• The Digital Teaching Assistant fits with the practice of blended learning
• F/Xual Education Services: Occupational Medicine Simulation. A HUD is a Digicoach without personality
• Error based learning in writing. Combine project-based learning with test-based learning. And maybe get a useful product out of it.
• Digicoach can support collaborative homework and study sessions
• Digicoach can support homework in virtual worlds with JIT learning, immediate feedback
• Digicoach for project-management in self-managed teams: (Note: skills to be learned in doing these tasks)
• David Lee - Design Thinking in the Classroom: How-to for project-based learning

DTA content pages

• Basic skills needed for attending a meeting or class in a virtual world. DTA content page
• Search tips from a digital coach: DTA content page
• DTA content pages: The plan: Initial DTA content on the web here
• Travel tips for the Hypergrid. A DTA content page
• Firestorm settings for beginners. A DTA content page
• Newcomer welcome coach (1): Basic skills needed promptly

New century education

• Learn to be a self-starter. Self-managed learning, libraries, learning communities
• Coding and virtual worlds: a marriage made in computers. The DTA could officiate
• Learning Made in Second Life - CNDG
• Schools need 3 levels of edtech--Matt Harris, Ed.D. And how does the Digital Teaching Assistant (DTA) fit in?
• Once you hear lecture about swimming, you never forget what you learned about lectures. Talking is not teaching
• Just-In-Time (JIT) learning in virtual schools, maybe with DTA coaching. Language as an example
• Why a reading assignment is like a treasure hunt. And why it is not
• Suppose the real objective in school is to pass multiple-choice tests. Can a digital TA handle test-based learning?
• Immersive Technologies (Heritage Christian Online School)

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• Drop by my web offices Weekdays: 12:-12:30 pm Central time (US)
• I am available for free consulting on any topic in this blog.
• Cybalounge and 3DWebWorldz (Orientation room)
• I will be in both places, so you may need to speak to get my attention.
• Web-worlds, 3D virtual worlds running in a browser. Summary
• And we can visit the Writer's Workshop on the Web
• Don't register -- enter as guest.  

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