How to use the affordances of virtual worlds
to make a more effective presentation.
From OpenSim Community Conference (OSCC)
Lessons learned while developing a new virtual world product. And a demonstration of how presentations can be improved by using the capabilities of virtual worlds.
- This was a presentation a the Opensim Community Conference 2019
- The presenter made the video in advance and played it instead of talking live.
- The presenter answered questions (in chat) during the presentation.
- Presenting in a video made effective use of the presenter's presence.
- The presenter could interact with the audience while the presentation continued.
- Live interactions instead of live talking.
- Mainstreaming Virtual World Learning Colloquium: Video summary and suggestions
- Can virtual worlds support large lecture classes? The past is not the future
Affordances
- Making a video in a virtual world is easy and costs little.
- Showing a video as part of a presentation requires little preparation.
- Audience members can post questions in local chat as a video is playing.
- The presenter can post answers in local chat (shared text) while the video plays.
- Seven major educational affordances from virtual worlds and how they can work together
Advantages of a video presentation
- The presenter is free to interact with the audience as the presentation is delivered.
- The presentation can in include relevant scenes as well as slides.
- The presenter can move around in relevant scenes to draw attention to a part.
- The presenter can adjust the length by cutting the video instead of rushing at the end.
- The presenter can bring others into the presentation whenever they are available.
Related
- Students Virtual Showcase---poster session or presentation for the new century
- MALET Academic Virtual Showcase, Fall 2019. Graduate Student capstone reports, MALET Empire State College (SUNY)
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I also found when presenting at the SLMOOC a few years ago that making a video in advance for my presentation freed me up. However that was mainly because technology that worked in the past to share online content had been changed in ways that made it work less well for large groups. The asynchronous delivery of media on a prim doesn't work well for presentations or large groups. I'm not sure if this has been addressed yet by any new updates or by any device builders as I've not done any such presentations for a couple of years.
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