First of all, I’d like to apologise for having neglected this blog a bit. I have been blogging over at http://slexperiments.edublogs.org about my English course and lesson planning in Second Life and my reflections on teaching and learning in Second Life.
I am happy to say that my SLexperiments blog has been nominated for the Edublog [...]
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Teachers are often asked to re-evaluate their roles and alternatives like facilitator, mentor, friend, learning partner, guide, et.c, etc. are suggested. I don’t like this discussion too much because the way I understand, interpret, use and try to live the expression “teach” or “teacher” has always encompassed all of the above to a greater or [...]
Here are two machinima (videos produced in Second Life) that illustrate some of the educational uses of Second Life, a 3D virtual world. Enjoy!
My first Second Life English course has finished, certificates handed out, the SLexperiments Wiki and group has been constantly growing since we started it and I have been exploring Second Life’s potential for language teaching for a while now. Throughout this journey and as a member of the Webheads (an online community of practise), I [...]
On 9 July 2008, I my first English course in Second Life started. So far, we have had three lessons and today will be the fourth. I have decided to publish my lessons plans online and blog about my experience by writing about the process of planning the course and the lessons, writing post-lesson evaluations and [...]
Language teachers are always on the outlook for ways of motivating their students and helping them to learn faster and retain more. Naturally, I wanted to find out what that hype over Second Life was all about. A 3D immersive virtual world sounded just like the right thing to engage students and provide a safe [...]
An online friend of mine and ESL teacher, Dennis Newson, asked a good question in our SLexperiments discussion group:
“What would be the components of a training course for teachers who want to use SL in and for their teaching?”.
He added some ideas to start the discussion:
Build up a list of pedagogically useful tools.
Build up a [...]
We are launching our first Second Life English course in cooperation with Islamonline.net, an innovative organisation, who have two islands in Second Life devoted to training.
The free 6-week general English course is intended for pre-intermediate level students and will take place twice a week on Wednesdays and Saturdays, 11.30 am – 1.00 pm SLT/PDT (6.30 [...]
Second Life is a 3D virtual world in which you can move around freely with your Avatar, a figure that represents you in this world, interact with others and build complex three dimensional objects. It is called a serious game and there has been a lot of hype about it. So, last year, I signed [...]
vBusiness Expo is a four-day event about using virtual worlds for business and education. Today was the first day. There will be presentations, talks and panel discussions. After the serious part, there will also be informal social events like business fashion shows, music, etc. Good for meeting and talking to new contacts and networking.
This is [...]