2021 #VWEDU: DTA: Could a college replace lecturers with videos? A good lecture video could serve the entire freshman class. And all the online classes, too

Could a college replace lecturers with videos?  

A good lecture video could serve the entire freshman class.  

And all the online classes, too

Suppose videos replace lectures in college.  

• Watch on YouTube
• Videos by Dr. Schmachtenberg
• Video made in Second Life
• Video of a presentation to Science Circle.
• Video capture and web archiving thanks to Science Circle

College lectures online

• Collège lecturers can convert to online teaching: Here is how:
• Model for many freshman "lecture" classes. Teaching online. Reinventing the teacher career. Teaching is creating conditions in which students learn.
• But suppose they don't.  Could a college do that instead?
• No point in simply converting all the lectures.. Just convert the best lectures.

What are the best lectures?

• Those that best meet the student needs.
• Two measures go into that:  Student performance and student satisfaction.
• Since student study preferences vary, there is probably no single best lecture.
• But If multiple lectures are available on the same subject matter, there is a procedure for evaluating them on the criteria above.
• Thus a college could develop an evaluated set of lectures that should be better than the work of any individual professor. 
• It could even offer lectures for specific learning styles.

2021 #VWEDU: 3D Data visualization of Virginia fossils displayed in 3DWebWorldz. Data you can walk into.

3D Data visualization of Virginia fossils 

displayed in 3DWebWorldz.  

Data you can walk into.

By Dr, William Schmachtenberg, Franklin County HIgh School (Virginia)

• Watch on YouTube
• Data visualization

Related

• A field trip to virtual Mars. Jezero Crater. We are the digitals. We can go anywhere.
• A field trip to Mars. Jezero Crater. The rover, Perseverance
• A field trip to Mars. Jezero Crater. Even without a pandemic you can't do that. Unless you have a digital side.
• Geology field trip to a tropical island. Introduction to rock types.
• Educational field trips in the browser. Parental supervision as needed. No travel cost, no travel time, no school responsibility.
• Web-worlds as a place to get together in a pandemic. Parents, teachers, students, tweens, teens, museums, field trips. . All at home in web browsers.
• Meeting in an online 3D place is not like meeting in a web page. Places hold more than talking heads. Situated learning and social roles.

2021 Desktop VR: Tessin: Sailing, sea battles, farming, dancing, gemstone hunt, shipwreck island

Tessin: 

Sailing,  sea battles, farming, dancing, gemstone hunt, shipwreck island...

This is the world for sailors , hunters, hikers, drunkards, pirates, smugglers and navy captains.

• Watch on YouTube
• Tessin's website 

Go there

• HG address 
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Tessin

Tessin is a place where many different types of landscapes can be found, and expressed in this 64 sim huge world. Recently there are four different communities active on this world: Tessin main sims, Celyddon Harbour, RavenSteijn and Shipwreck island , with each having their own theme and atmosphere. 

This is the world for sailors , hunters, hikers, drunkards, pirates, smugglers and navy captains. Enjoy the thrilling sailing battles or sailing races. 

We provide simple homes ( free ) with 500 prims, and some cheap rentals for people who need more prims ( house with garden, or house on an island, new islands can be made on request)

NEW: rent a full sim: 5 dollars a month for 9600 prims 

2021 #VWEDU: DTA: Model for many freshman "lecture" classes. Teaching online. Reinventing the teacher career. Teaching is creating conditions in which students learn.

Model for many freshman "lecture" classes.  

Teaching online.  Reinventing the teacher career.   

Teaching is creating conditions in which students learn.    

Converting lecture classes to online for efficient use of teacher time. 

A lecture without the internet

• Giving the same lecture every semester is inefficient, wastes teacher time.
• A 50 minute lecture is not good design for learning, it is designed for efficient student movement.
• There is another way, especially suited for online learning: 

2021 ART: Sendalonde Library Grand Opening Exhibit Catalog. Always on megaregion.

Sendalonde Library Grand Opening Exhibit Catalog

Grand opening of Sendalonde Community Library and Theater.

• Watch on YouTube

On May 8, 2021 we had the Grand Opening of the Sendalonde Community Library & Theater on Wellspring on the Kitely grid. At the same time, we had the first performance in the Sendalonde Theater and had our first exhibit Shipwrights of Kitely.

Go there

• Web address
• HG address:
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Wellspring
• KItely

Groups

• Wellspring 
• Community Library 
• Weefolk Township

2021 #VWEDU: Multiverse Masters, Gamification Simulation ideas. Desktop VR, no headset needed.

Multiverse Masters,

Gamification Simulation ideas

Desktop VR, no headset needed.

Gamification in desktop VR. 

• Watch on YouTube
• By Salie Davis

Go there

• HG address: 
• grid.kitely.com:8002:Multiverse Masters
• KItely

Multiverse Masters

Multiverse Masters, is an evolving adventure-based world for education. Currently I am fine tuning the Island as an educators resource area filled with examples of uses and tutorial links at

• http://multiversemasters.blogspot.com 
• http://WoPoLi.com
• https://multiversemasters.wordpress.com 

Explore as you will as I have no idea what ventures lie ahead.

I try to remember to make free items I find lying about able to be copied when permitted. If ever you see something that your concerned about please let me know. My goal is to support the opensource community by keeping resources free and shared. Many awesome and inexpensive resources I find on the Kitely market. While creating worlds appropriate and beneficial for general audiences in the virtual environment I am having fun. I will often work on multiple projects

2021 Is One Life Enough?: Teamwork Class Live Brainstorming Demonstration, J Neville (Sitearm). Online brainstorming. Teamwork online.

Is One Life Enough?: 

Teamwork Class Live Brainstorming Demonstration, J Neville (Sitearm). 

Online brainstorming. 
Teamwork online.

Yes, teamwork online.  Brainstorming online.  Maybe it takes a virtual world

• Watch on YouTube

Background

• Virtual Environments: Is One Life Enough? Digital Citizenship.
• Tomorrow's office. Project-based learning online. Teamwork in a virtual world. Practicing the office of tomorrow.

Brainstorming

• Brainstorming online
• Brainstorming roles
• Brainstorming examples

2021 #VWEDU: Tomorrow's office in regards to the IT industry IOLE. Tomorrow's presentations, too. Preserved for student portfolios.

Tomorrow's office in regards to the IT industry IOLE.  

Tomorrow's presentations, too.  

Preserved for student portfolios.

Students report on tomorrow's office for the IT industry, preserved on video.  Would experience in videography be important to tomorrow's IT industry?   

• Watch on YouTube

Tomorrow's portfolio for job applications

• Tomorrow's office. Project-based learning online. Teamwork in a virtual world. Practicing the office of tomorrow.
• Virtual Environments: Is One Life Enough? Digital Citizenship.

2021 #VWEDU: Tomorrow's office. Project-based learning online. Teamwork in a virtual world. Practicing the office of tomorrow.

Tomorrow's office

Project-based learning online.
Teamwork in a virtual world. 

 Practicing the office of tomorrow. 

A report about tomorrow's office: Students practice remote teamwork to complete and present a report.

• Watch on YouTube

Background

• Virtual Environments: Is One Life Enough? Digital Citizenship.

2021 #VW: Starting in OpenSim and specifically for starting in Kitely. Reducing the barriers to entry.

An instructional set for starting in OpenSim worlds 

and specifically for starting in Kitely.  

Reducing the barriers to entry.

Video instructions for starting in Kitely

• Moving Around in OpenSim Worlds
• Watch on YouTube

The entire set

• Starting in OpenSim virtual worlds
• by Carla Kincaid-Yoshikawa

Topics

• Using Firestorm to Enter OpenSim (Kitely) 3D World
• All by Carla Kincaid-Yoshikawa
• Moving Around in OpenSim Worlds
• Carla Kincaid-Yoshikawa
• Finding and Using Interactive Objects in OpenSim 3D Worlds
• Accessing Resources
• Using Zoom and Camera Controls in OpenSim 3D Worlds
• Communicating in OpenSim 3D Worlds
• Change Time of Day In OpenSim 3D World

2021 DTA: Charlie wants work as a greeter bot. Works 24/7, always says what you wrote, works for milliamps, makes a virtual world social.

Charlie wants work as a greeter bot.  

Works 24/7, always says what you wrote, 

works for milliamps, makes a virtual world social.

Imaginary greeter bot applies for a job.

• Watch on YouTube
• Works 24/7, always says what you wrote, 
• works for milliamps, makes a virtual world social.
• Location:  https://3dwebworldz.com/
• Enter as guest, no need to register.
• DTA: https://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/2019/10/2019-dta-vwedu-digital-teaching.html

Go there

• https://3dwebworldz.com/
• Enter as guest, no need to register.

2021 #VWEDU: Biz: A note from the digital worlds. Some of us have lived in digital worlds for years. We have online meetings, classes, music, friends. The secret is....

A note from the digital worlds.  

Some of us have lived in digital worlds for years.  

We have online meetings, classes, music, friends.   

The secret is.... 

Immersive and social.  An immersive platform with people who share your interests.  We've been using in for years.

Business meeting in Kitely

• We are from all over the world.
• But it takes us less than a minute to come to this this meeting.