http://www.digital-literacies.com/2010/01/31/virtual-world-experiences/ Researching New Literacies, Learning and Everyday Life Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.digital-literacies.com/2010/01/31/virtual-world-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-377 DrJoolz Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:16:16 +0000 http://www.digital-literacies.com/?p=338#comment-377 Hmm. Interesting in 2005? That seems a bit harsh!! I still await the presence of Second life in school classrooms - I talk mainly about the UK but am aware the situation is similar in the US, Australia and Canada at least. The use of Virtual Worlds remain pretty much "out there" in universities too - so think this advice and more remains welcome and relevant for 2010 - surely? They are used in niches in universities - many in number, I agree, but proportionately few courses across the global spectrum. With many teachers telling me that blogs are risky and wikis too complicated - and others saying "blogs? Wikis? what are they?" I see teachers who encounter all sorts of barriers to even the simplest Web 2.0 applications being used in class, so I think this kind of list will remain useful for years to come - Hmm. Interesting in 2005? That seems a bit harsh!! I still await the presence of Second life in school classrooms – I talk mainly about the UK but am aware the situation is similar in the US, Australia and Canada at least. The use of Virtual Worlds remain pretty much “out there” in universities too – so think this advice and more remains welcome and relevant for 2010 – surely? They are used in niches in universities – many in number, I agree, but proportionately few courses across the global spectrum. With many teachers telling me that blogs are risky and wikis too complicated – and others saying “blogs? Wikis? what are they?” I see teachers who encounter all sorts of barriers to even the simplest Web 2.0 applications being used in class, so I think this kind of list will remain useful for years to come -

]]> http://www.digital-literacies.com/2010/01/31/virtual-world-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Things I learned this week – #6 | dougbelshaw.com/blog Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:01:09 +0000 http://www.digital-literacies.com/?p=338#comment-375 [...] 17 ways to use Second Life in your classroom. This would have been useful in [...] [...] 17 ways to use Second Life in your classroom. This would have been useful in [...]

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