All Blog Posts Tagged 'virtual' (27)

Action Research Project direction

Below is the problem statement, I am going with.

The problem is that students enrolled in online courses fail to effectively take ownership of their learning experience because technology tools are not being focused on developing metacognitive skills. If anyone runs across any relevant data- put me on!

Thanks

Added by Don Robinson on July 26, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

No student every needs to dissect anything, ever

My blood was a' boiling this morning after reading an article on edweek about an investigation done by the College Board:

... can a student get the same level of experience from a virtual dissection online, without actually smelling the formaldehyde or making a cut?

In recent years, the College Board, which authorizes AP classes… Continue

Added by Marjee Chmiel on July 7, 2009 at 11:29am — 2 Comments

10 Examples of Useful Second Life Resources for Educators

(Final post in a series on current uses of Virtual Worlds in Education)

This week I will wrap up the series of posts I published throughout June, focused on Internet based Virtual World technologies as they are being used in Education today. As I researched current VW tech options for education, it became apparent to me that Second Life remains the most… Continue

Added by Kelly Walsh on July 7, 2009 at 8:49am — No Comments

Virtual MiniLife as aide to Teaching Conversational English

http://www.myminilife.com/neighborhoods/17946-active-mates

It started with Active Mates and a link where I could buy my friends. It looked fun so I did. This led me to My Mini Life and building houses for my friends to live in.

Suddenly I was part of a whole little Virtual World where people build little houses, and exchange visits and gifts, and get virtual money in points, by voting and… Continue

Added by Maggi Carstairs on January 6, 2009 at 7:14am — No Comments

What Are Avatars and Why Should They Be Used for eLearning for Kids? By Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow

Avatars are being introduced to assist kids in eLearning. It turns out the kids love the avatars and they can be used as teacher assistants. This helps with teaching in overloaded classrooms and increases the learning of the students. What is an Avatar? Well Glad you asked;

An "avatar" is a fictional character inside of Computer. For instance Microsoft word comes with a "Paper Clip" which… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on December 29, 2008 at 11:42pm — 3 Comments

Edusim Alpha 06 - virtual world for the classroom interactive whiteboard: Ready for Download

Latest version and video tutorials are here: http://edusim3d.com

Cheers,
Rich
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Added by Rich White on October 8, 2008 at 8:11am — No Comments

The Immersive Education Initiative

The Immersive Education Initiative is an international collaboration of universities, colleges, research institutes, consortia and companies that are working together to define and develop open standards, best practices, platforms, and communities of support for virtual reality and game-based learning and training

systems. The Immersive Education Initiative is focused on 10 specific areas.

Read more at:… Continue

Added by Kevin Chilton on July 20, 2008 at 3:02am — 1 Comment