CETIS-Eduserv-VW2009





Date and location
Friday 16 January 2009, Court and Senate Suite, Collins Building, University of Strathclyde, 22 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XQ.

About the meeting
Maximising the effectiveness of virtual worlds in teaching and learning

Target audience: Learning Technologists, Policy Makers, HE and FE Lecturers

This joint event organised by JISC CETIS and Eduserv provided a range of perspectives on the use of virtual worlds in HE from experienced practitioners.

Specifically, this event aims to explore the following issues:
 * What are the teaching situations for which Virtual Worlds are best suited?
 * What are the policy issues which arise from using Virtual Worlds for Learning and Teaching?
 * What are the technical characteristics/constraints of Virtual Worlds which have an impact on their use in Learning and Teaching?

Presentations
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Intro to the day
Sheila MacNeill, CETIS (slides only) 


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Approaching Teaching and Learning in Second Life
Sheila Webber, University of Sheffield (slidecast)

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Sticking to your principals (Open Habitat project)
David White, University of Oxford, (slidecast) 


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Virtually, my life
Fiona Littleton, University of Edinburgh (slidecast)




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Jumping Virtual Hurdles
Ren Reynolds, Virtual Policy Network (slides only as this was mainly a discussion session) 


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Exploring "unclaimed" educational spaces
Peter Twinning, The Open University (slidecast) 


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The state of Second Life in UK Higher and Further Education, January 2009
John Kirriemuir (slidecast) NB the slidecast takes a while to load you can access it directly from slideshare 


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Podcasts

 * [[Media:SheilaWebber.mp3|Sheila Webber MP3]]
 * [[Media:DavidWhite.mp3|David White MP3]]
 * [[Media:FionaLittleton1.mp3|Fiona Littleton MP3]]
 * [[Media:RenReynolds.mp3|Ren Reynolds MP3]]
 * [[Media:PeterTwinning.mp3|Peter Twinning MP3]]
 * [[Media:John_Kirriemuir.mp3|John Kirriemuir MP3]]

Other related links

 * Images on flickr


 * Sheila's blog


 * Eduserv blog

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?hl=en&q=cevw09&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=atom

http://twemes.com/cevw09.rss