June 1, 2009 EDUCAUSE Virtual Worlds Constituent Group.
Simultaneous meeting between SL and in Atlanta at the Southeast Regional Conference
Voice-to-text transcription by Mirt Tenk; Photo by Hobbs Constantine
Links Mentioned: Given the large number posted, I've linked personal web pages in the text and copied others here.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said welcome to folks in Atlanta
Bev Landar: :)
Roshana Rives: Hello from Maine
JoannaTrail Blazer: "Hotlanta" :)
JoannaTrail Blazer: (looking for SL episode name for you)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he'll tell some about Educause & VW SIG
Bill Friis: Pro Reality Bias!
Mirt Tenk: AJ said the ppl in Atlanta have priority in asking questions for this meeting
Katie Fenstalker: (@JoannaTrail thanks!)
MLani Montgomery: lol
JoannaTrail Blazer: hehehe
Uskala Hidayat: Meat Space Hegemonist
JoannaTrail Blazer: here it is
Mirt Tenk: AJ said it's never been a problem that those in SL felt slighted
JoannaTrail Blazer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_the_Rabbit_Hole_(CSI:_NY_episode)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said anyone is welcome to communicate in text chat
Mirt Tenk: AJ said chat transcript will be saved
Katie Fenstalker: (ty JoannaTrail!)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said w/out any more ado, thanks to the folks in Atlanta for coming
JoannaTrail Blazer: (most welcome)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said how many ppl are in Atlanta? about 20 so far
Topher Zwiers: it's cheaper/easier to get here ;-)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we have about 40 here inworld
Margaret Michalski: If anyone is having voice trouble let me know.
Jackie Rexen: 43
Margarette Fouroux: Margaret - I can hear typing etc but no voice
Margarette Fouroux: can you assis tme?
Margaret Michalski: please IM me
Jackie Rexen: I just started summer break so I can attend. The classroom of the future will be Just In Time and On Demand!
Mirt Tenk: AJ said RE the Educause constituent group: Educause is the largest tech in Higher Ed organization
Mirt Tenk: approx 7000 ppl in their annual conference
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Educause has great influence in the boardroom, classroom & on capitol hill
Mirt Tenk: AJ said they work tirelessly to make our working environments the best they can be
JoannaTrail Blazer smiles "an exciting time"
Mirt Tenk: AJ said they represent us well w/legislators
Eurominuteman Jameson: hi
Mirt Tenk: AJ said thanks to the folks @ Educause for all they do for us
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he's involved w/Educause b/c of what he's seen them do
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he recognized several years ago that we needed to be looking @ VWs for higher ed
Mirt Tenk: AJ said wants to see this SIG meet in other VW platforms as well
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we also have a non-VW group
AJ Brooks: http://www.educause.edu/groups/vw
Mirt Tenk: AJ said this is the Educause VW listserv
Mirt Tenk: AJ said there's also an inworld group called the Educause VW Group
Mirt Tenk: AJ said search for Educause in groups
Jackie Rexen: Educational Frontiers: Learning in a Virtual World http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Review/EDUCAUSEReviewMagazineVolume43/EducationalFrontiersLearningin/163163
AJ Brooks: sorry.afk@gmail.com
JoannaTrail Blazer: (free seats near the ramp folks)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said this is his email but don't spread it around w/unsavory characters :-)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said feel free to contact me w/questions
JoannaTrail Blazer grins and winks
ALALibraryVal Miles: hey! hey!
Mirt Tenk: hey it's your group!
Thursday Xu: :-)
Bill Friis blushes
Zotarah Shepherd: There is no Educause Name tag
Mirt Tenk: AJ said w/out more ado, let's switch to Atlanta & ask the folks there to tell us who they are & where they're from
Bev Landar: HMS Center for Complexity in Washington, DC
Mirt Tenk: Suzie Medders, Clemson University
Zotarah Shepherd: I am a MA in Education (technology and psychology) student at Sonoma State University in northern California working an a curriculum project: Teaching and Learning Life-Skills in Second Life. I am working on an Immersive Interactive Educational build about Life-skills.
Eliasdehart Sixpence: Casey Ashe, Tulsa Community College
Grinn Pidgeon: Barbara Pittman, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
Lizzy Saintlouis: Paula Christopher, GS Atlanta
MLani Montgomery: Rinda Montgomery Conwell, Assistant Superintendent, North Central Education Service District, Oregon
ALALibraryVal Miles: Valerie Hawkins, Library of the American Library Association, Chicago
Bill Friis: Bill Freese, Montana State University Instructional Media Lab
Janine Ballyhoo: Jackie Strausz, Texas Woman's University
hobbs Constantine: Heather Dodds, Science Programs Community Facilitator, Western Governors University
Eurominuteman Jameson is Online
Thursday Xu: Rex Heer - Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Katie Fenstalker: Katie King, Women's Studies, University of Maryland
JoannaTrail Blazer: http://www.J0anna.com
toster Oh: Tom Oster - Rice University IT, Houston, TX
Jackie Rexen: Jackie Gerstein - Just hired as faculty for Bluefield State College
Franchella Milena: Pat Facciponti, Lafayette College
Lori Galli: Lori Weedo, Escambia County School District in Pensacola, FL
Topher Zwiers: in RL - Chris Duke, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX. Instructional technologist working with faculty training & emerging technologies.
AJ Brooks: AJ Kelton, Director of Emerging Instructional Technology for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University in NJ
Doomsday Sorbet: Boston, at Massachusetts College of Art and independent educator...
Bill Friis: Hey, Hey Pauta
Shawnta Clarence: Shawnta Clarence , Indiana University Northwest School of nUrsing
JoannaTrail Blazer: http://twitter.com/J0anna
Mirt Tenk: wonderful! :)
Roshana Rives: Arlene Jurewicz Leighton http://www.teachlearncollaborate.com Linconville, Maine
Zdenek Buchsbaum: Czech republic - Masaryk university
Lizzy Saintlouis: Veronica Trammell at Kennesaw State Univ
AJ Brooks: twitter.com/sorry_afk
Annette Philbin: Phyllis Conroy - Siena College Loudonville, NY
Astra Martian: university of Naples - Italy
Reed Auebauch: Dave Sousa..Washington County Comm..College...Maine
Alan Sandalwood: Alan Haywood, Centro Cultural Brasil Estrados Unidos Campinas
Jackie Rexen: Are there people at the live Atlanta meeting who are also here with us in SL?
Margaret Michalski: Is anyone having trouble hearing the speakers?
Uskala Hidayat: University of North Carolina, NC State, Research Triangle Institute.
Laural McCallen: Laural McCallen, Escambia County School District, Pensacola, Fl.
Shawnta Clarence: Evalyn Gossett IUN School of Nrsg
Mirt Tenk: AJ said how many in Atlanta are also signed in & present here virtually?
JeanClaude Vollmar: University of Northwestern Ohio, in Lima OH
Margaret Michalski: Margaret Czart, University of Illinois at Chicago
Lizzy Saintlouis: toni scribner Air University Montgomery AL ISS aka toni weezles in SL
Maggie Swansen: Maggie Swansen: Margaret Owens, Cal State Univ Chico
MLani Montgomery: I made a t-shirt during the Virtual Worlds: Best Practices in Education after a quote by Pathfinder Linden: Free yourself from the tyranny of geography. Pathfinder Linden. If you want a t-shirt, IM me.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we'll give ppl in the room @ Atlanta a few more mins
Mirt Tenk: Eddie Howell in Atlanta
Mirt Tenk: Eddie can you spell your Av names?
Mirt Tenk: he built the online community for Valencia Community College
Jackie Rexen: Some people in the SL audience bleachers - do they know about the expanding roundtable?
JoannaTrail Blazer: free zombies, never know when you need those!
Mirt Tenk: he sells stuff on Xstreetsl.com
Dusty Artaud: Randi Kopp, Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum, NY/NJ
Mirt Tenk: he's about to join us virtually
Uskala Hidayat: The MystiTool chairs can be very problematic/embarrassing!
Lizzy Saintlouis: teeheehee'
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he's trying to talk w/out hitting the right talk key
Zotarah Shepherd: Great to make an actual income from SL!
Mirt Tenk: but got it right now
Lizzy Saintlouis: finished in ATL
Mirt Tenk: AJ said are we done w/introductions now?
Margaret Michalski: anyone still having trouble with anything?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said if you're just joining us please take a seat
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Margaret Micalski will help w/voice problems, IM her for help
Mirt Tenk: AJ said does anyone in Atlanta have any pressing questions before we switch to the topic for today, how VWs may change our classrooms today
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Lizzie/Paula, any questions?
Eurominuteman Jameson: title red James
Mirt Tenk: Paula Christopher/Lizzie StLouis asks, how can instructors extend the classroom into SL?
MLani Montgomery: teach web 2.0 collaboration tools
Mirt Tenk: AJ said that's a great question.
LoCE99Ch8 Morpork: Conklin?
Zotarah Shepherd: http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki
Astra Martian: http://facstaff.elon.edu/mconklin/pubs/glshandout.pdf
JoannaTrail Blazer: 10 Uses for SL in the College Classroom
Mirt Tenk: Meghan Conklin published 101 Uses for SL in the College Classroom
JoannaTrail Blazer: (Just google 101 uses for second life and classroom)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said feel free to wander around this island to see examples
Bev Landar: Is there a list of best practices? practicioners in VWs?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he's taught a hybrid class which met half in RL, half in SL
Doomsday Sorbet: http://facstaff.elon.edu/mconklin/pubs/glshandout.pdf
Mirt Tenk: AJ said sometimes they talked in SL, sometimes they did activities only possible in SL
Mirt Tenk recommends Conklin article to all faculty @ CU who want to use SL in teaching
Mirt Tenk: could you please type your av name in text chat?
Mirt Tenk: Exosius Mistwalker taught Psd in SL
Teri Emerald: Emerald Teri
AJ Brooks: Exosius Mistwalker
Mirt Tenk: @ Valencia Community College
Mirt Tenk: ty AJ
Eurominuteman Jameson: Eurominuteman Jameson
Zotarah Shepherd: Wow 59 people here.
MLani Montgomery: I'm starting a class through Boise State next week all about teaching in virtual worlds. I'm starting--as a student.
Frankie Antonelli: Frankie Antonelli
Mirt Tenk: Exosius said he took a field trip in SL similar to the environmental area studied
Mirt Tenk: CHichen Itza
Uskala Hidayat: Taught the use of machinima for an MBA class in global innovation.
AJ Brooks: chichen itza is cool
JoannaTrail Blazer: neat :)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said The Theorist Project is a good example
Mirt Tenk: AJ said on the far side of our three islands, part of the college of Education & Human Services
Mirt Tenk: AJ said this was a cooperative project over a year
toster Oh: The Theorist Project is the best educational build I've yet seen in SL.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said they build a replica of Freud's office
Jackie Rexen: The Psychology leaning theorists project is a perfect example of using SL to bridge theory into practice using SL
Mirt Tenk: AJ said not it has a FreudBot in it w/a Freud Iceberg to demo various levels of consciousness
Exosius Mistwalker: Hi, everyone!
Jackie Rexen: Adler is actually one of my favorite areas there
hobbs Constantine: It's fun, if a little chilly.
Bill Friis: Howdy, Exosius!
Mirt Tenk: AJ said let's start on today's topic
Mirt Tenk: AJ said when he & Paula talked about the theme for the meeting, they wanted to keep w/the Educause conf theme, Changing face of the classroom of the future
Exosius Mistwalker: I recommend "Virtual Hallucinations" it is a schizophrenia simulator. Designed for the mental health fields.
Bill Friis: People like the ivory tower.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said it's fairly clear we've had people saying many technology tools would change edu: TV, Cassette tapes, VCR, Videoconferencing
Jackie Rexen: K-12 now is the interactive whiteboard
MLani Montgomery: It took over 30 years for the overhead projector to move from the bowling alley into the classroom. Resistance is futile.
Mirt Tenk: each one has been predicted to bring major change to higher education
Doomsday Sorbet: meanwhile... some people can't get a handle on email...
Exosius Mistwalker: LOL Mlani
Mirt Tenk: AJ said my question is, WILL this change everything, or is it another tool in the educator's toolchest?
Margaret Michalski: if anyone is having trouble please let me know.
Jackie Rexen: All of the above
Bill Friis: You can have change without changing everything.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said this topic drew people to the RL Educause conference, so does anyone in Atlanta have any comments on this?
MLani Montgomery raises her hand
Roshana Rives: VH think of that as a way to experience from anothers perspective perceptually, emotionally , cognitively
Mirt Tenk: Lizzy SaintLouis said we're using it in conjunction w/other things, not as a standalone
Mirt Tenk: AJ said what about others here? Do you think VWs will be mandatory like a CMS?
JoannaTrail Blazer: see how the people in first life are shy... i had a lot of great results with my shy students coming out of their shell in SL classes
Exosius Mistwalker: Yes!
Margaret Michalski: I think it has to be combination
Katie Fenstalker: will they be integrated?
Margaret Michalski: activities in virtual
Doomsday Sorbet: they will merge... change happens while we're not paying attention, it seems...
Mirt Tenk: MLanie Montgomery recommended May Issue of Learning & Leading w/Technology (?)
Margaret Michalski: discussion in virtual
AJ Brooks: folks here in SL - please feel free to use voice chat
Jackie Rexen: Some form of virtual environments will be the model for distance education - and distance education is a future trend
Eurominuteman Jameson: title red James
Roshana Rives: LMS moodle and sloodle
Margaret Michalski: a wiki can be used in BB or other course management sites
Grinn Pidgeon: @Jackie agreed
Katie Fenstalker: I admit I prefer SL to our ELMS.
Bev Landar: moving toward Web 3D.... access internet through avatars.... coming soon.
Mirt Tenk: MLani Montgomery said if you are willing to embrace technology change & social environments which foster learning, then teachers need to find multiple ways to incorporate these into their teaching so students will be ready for what is already happening in the business world
Jackie Rexen: Thanks Grinn
hobbs Constantine: high five MLani
MLani Montgomery: high five, hobbs
Jackie Rexen: Here is the ISTE publication http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/Current_Issue/L_L_May.htm
Topher Zwiers: I think the two will integrate, but I think it will be some time before Virtual Worlds take a place in education as significant as LMS's. I believe virtual worlds serve as a tool, but I don't see distance learning revolving around them like it does currently with LMS'
Mirt Tenk: ty Jackie
Jackie Rexen: NP
MLani Montgomery: virtual worlds and collaborative environments are not limited to distance courses.
Thursday Xu: Yes Mlani - social presence and collaboration in knowledge creation sets vritual worlds apart from conventional LMS
Uskala Hidayat: Yes
MLani Montgomery: yes
AJ Brooks: YES
Heidi TeeCee: yes
Exosius Mistwalker: Yes
JoannaTrail Blazer: YES
mOOn Jaecies: yes
Bill Friis: Yes-ish
Roshana Rives: yes
Lizzy Saintlouis: 2 of us
Mirt Tenk: took a graduate course
Astra Martian: yes
Hopalong Oh: Yes - classes
Heidi TeeCee: yes
Uskala Hidayat: Yes
Lizzy Saintlouis: one did assessment
MLani Montgomery: yes
JoannaTrail Blazer: It was part of it
Mirt Tenk: Lizzy said someone in Atlanta wanted to know about assessment in SL
Heidi TeeCee: no ... and I am multitasking
Mirt Tenk: There is an assessment EDU group in SL
Exosius Mistwalker: I did, for a class FOR faculty - I'm an instructional designer
Heidi TeeCee: its ok ... I'm here but there are others around
Mirt Tenk: Group name is The Assessment Group
Roshana Rives: Looking at developing protocols for immersive environments Do folks learn from them
Mirt Tenk: AJ said, we need to determine how we assess the nonverbal experience?
Jackie Rexen: Need to examine the transfer of learning from VW to Real Life too
Mirt Tenk: AJ said do we assess how students learn w/other tools?
Heidi TeeCee: not LMS but other special technology tools we do assess
Roshana Rives: Started with Wired Island and some of the builds there
Eliasdehart Sixpence: This is my dissertation idea: using communications model and persuasion/attitude change to assess impact of learning tools and approaches on students.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said if not, why are we looking to assess the VW environment?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said for courses using technology, universities are using the same assessment tool they use for the non-virtual environment
Roshana Rives: Agree AJ
Bev Landar: agreed.... environment is radically different
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we need to adjust the assessment tools so it will match the experience
Mirt Tenk: AJ said yes, we have done assessment, and we're aobut to do an internal report o it
Heidi TeeCee: If we have a class in SL we do change the assessment so it matches the "technology" ...
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we found that when SL is used as an appropriate tool for the course, when the pedagogy is enhanced by the technology, the results have been overwhelmingly positive
Mirt Tenk: AJ said students felt they were more engaged
Austen Scanlan: Wow educators love pedagogy(sp)? What does it mean for non-educators?
Uskala Hidayat: Ironically, the students report having more of a "real" experience.
Eurominuteman Jameson: how about implementing ISO 9001 Quality Management and use this approach as systems boundary line
Exosius Mistwalker: Yes, similar results for our Mythology course.
Viv Trafalgar: :)
JoannaTrail Blazer: haha
Uskala Hidayat: lol
Mirt Tenk: I asked how AJ defines appropriate use of the technology
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he doesn't think there is any rubric but is looking at this as pat of his dissertation
Mirt Tenk: AJ said there is no one-size fits all kind of thing
JoannaTrail Blazer: I think the key is augmenting the classroom rather than duplicating (except in distance learning, it might be the only classroom)
Bev Landar: thus, the nature of complexity.... one size does not fit all
Mirt Tenk: AJ said recently on the SLED list someone asked how long someone should be in SL before they teach?
Austen Scanlan: Interested to learn "how" technology affects imagination?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said the faculty member should know more about the tool than their students do
Jackie Rexen: It can't be one size fits all if educators come from a foundation of student centered learning - so the faculty needs to know the tool and the students - true ethnolographers
Mirt Tenk: AJ said faculty or a support person should know more
Roshana Rives: have to experience this as a lived space
Mirt Tenk: AJ said I don't have an easy answer to that question
Bev Landar: concern about Open Standards affecting society and culture in a dynamic feedback loop
Austen Scanlan: I'd look at gaming and extrapolate?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said the faculty member needs to find the instructional designer on campus & ask for their help
Eurominuteman Jameson: i used ISO 9001 for this http://avalon-project.ning.com/group/virtuallearninggivingnewbiesagoodfirstexperience
Birdie Newcomb: A second facilitator would make a big difference
Jackie Rexen: Studying the history of movies!
Mirt Tenk: in determining if SL is the best tool
Mirt Tenk: AJ said as a tool, it needs to enhance the learning process. At the end of the cass, ask if the learning objective was accomplished through use of the tool
Eurominuteman Jameson: i discovered that hybrid teaching fits in
Mirt Tenk: Question from ATlanta: would an ID know how to design a course using SL?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said no
Doomsday Sorbet: no... wouldn't think that...
Margaret Michalski: It depends if they know SL
Zotarah Shepherd: Sage-on-the-stage teaching is not really the best use of teaching in SL.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said that may be true for many tools I have to use
Margaret Michalski: Nobody on my campus does
Cahona Baxton: Check out "moodle" and "sloodle" http://web.me.com/dlaks/FSO_Blog/LMO/Entries/2009/5/3_Future_Trends.html for assessment and learring tools
JoannaTrail Blazer: "guide on the side" Zotarah, says Intellagirl hehe
Mirt Tenk: AJ said do we have IDs here who could answer?
Eurominuteman Jameson: who knows more about hybrid teaching
Eleonora Porta: I think that integration between web resources and LMS with SL and openSim and VW coul play a very useful role in th future...and now. I'm hoping!
Mirt Tenk: AJ said the faculty member needs to have some breadth & depth of hte knowledge so they can tell the ID how they wnat to use it and the ID can ask questions taht deal with pedagogy
Zotarah Shepherd: Immersive, interactive, problem based or constructionist pedagogy works better.
Heidi TeeCee: Yes, it depends but they would have the background to assess if it is a good fit ... it is just like any other technology
Praxislady Witt: ISD methodology can easily be transformed in the SL environment, so the answer is really yes?
MLani Montgomery: And the learning objectives
Mirt Tenk: more than w/an specific tool
Uskala Hidayat: Yes, Sarah Robbins aka Intelligirl says instructors need to get beyond "sage on a stage"
Mirt Tenk is an instructional technologist supporting faculty @ Clemson
Mirt Tenk: AJ said part of their role is to help clarify for the faculty member
Cahona Baxton: Join SL Group for Educators in Facebook for info, notices etc.
Uskala Hidayat: We've had educational design students study MBA classes using SL to create machinimas.
Eurominuteman Jameson: how about a hybrid approach
Exosius Mistwalker: I agree, SL is just another tool. A cool one, but, it does not change pedagogical or general learning needs
Praxislady Witt: Agree!
Eleonora Porta: collaborative and cooperative learning could have a great impulse for pedagogical objective
Exosius Mistwalker: I never ever use absolutes. they are always bad.
Eurominuteman Jameson: who assesses a hybrid approach
Mirt Tenk: lol
Roshana Rives: Yes Eleonora
Mirt Tenk: I"ll mention it to her
Mirt Tenk: AJ said any more questions from Atlanta?
MLani Montgomery: ISTE has already created Ed Tech standards for students and teachers, and are working on standards for administrators.
Mirt Tenk: gentleman in Atlanta is part of a tenure & promotion committee. Has this area in SL developed into the same category as the credit we give to publications in journals, etc?
Eurominuteman Jameson: ISO 9001 assessment http://avalon-project.ning.com/group/virtuallearninggivingnewbiesagoodfirstexperience
Uskala Hidayat: Sometimes the students can bring expertise the instructor lacks. French students, for example, had very sophisticated cinema ideas that really enriched a recent machinima project.
Mirt Tenk: had a faculty member who sent a list of blogs he was publishing as part of criteria for tenure
JoannaTrail Blazer: :)
Austen Scanlan: I'd rank it extremely high.
JoannaTrail Blazer: Yes there are, ~has a look~
Mirt Tenk: AJ said if those here can come up w/the names of journals in which those working in SL cna publish, please share in text chat
Mirt Tenk: AJ said you can email him sorry.aft@gmail.com
Jackie Rexen: http://www.jvwresearch.org/
Exosius Mistwalker: http://ictlibrary.googlepages.com/
Mirt Tenk: oops sorry.afk@gmail.com
Margaret Michalski: Journal of Medical Internet Research covers medical area
Mirt Tenk: AJ said there is a broad & growing body of good academic research being done on and about and within VWs
JoannaTrail Blazer: Here is a list!!
JoannaTrail Blazer: http://www.eduisland.net/salamanderwiki/index.php?title=Peer-Reviewed_Journals
Mirt Tenk: AJ said THANK YOU for looking closely at how faculty are incorporating technology into the teaching process
Exosius Mistwalker: http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/
Mirt Tenk: many universities don't take this into consideration, and that restricts peoples' use of technology when pursuing tenure
Grinn Pidgeon: and there has been accepted research in gaming for a long time; in some cases there are journals on gaming and virtual worlds
Mirt Tenk: AJ said email me after this meeting & I'll get you a better list
Mirt Tenk: AJ said there are several listservs looking at this
Katie Fenstalker: AJ could you put up a note on this for the facebook grp?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he wishes more universities recognized the value of taking technology usage into tenure evaluation
Mirt Tenk: From Atlanta: how do you encourage faculty to even look at SL
Mirt Tenk: ?
Uskala Hidayat: Write grants and get money
Eurominuteman Jameson: hybrid approaches
Margaret Michalski: I give a tour of locations related to area.
MLani Montgomery: Excellent idea--a case study in their discipline
Mirt Tenk: Joanna TrailBlazer said the edu community in SL has grown substantially in the past 2-3 years
Mirt Tenk: there are many machinima videos out there showing an application of SL in their field
Heidi TeeCee: You can also schedule a special workshop to get them started.
JoannaTrail Blazer: Yes, a little show and tell
Eurominuteman Jameson: check the video using a hybrid approach here http://avalon-project.ning.com/group/virtuallearninggivingnewbiesagoodfirstexperience
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he has put up a graphic RE research on VWs
Montclair State CHSSSouth Free Land Initiative - Faire:
Grinn Pidgeon: we have a faculty colloquium day where faculty give sessions as in a conference, and we did two on SL that got a lot of interest
Jackie Rexen: My department chairs from the Teacher Education department of the ____ University when I mentioned SL said "Jackie, we are still trying to figure out Twitter and you want us to consider Second Life?!?"
Roshana Rives: use it first as a learning experience for yourself let your expereinces guide your what ifs and what nexts IMHO
Mirt Tenk: AJ said touch the object 6to get a copy of the graphic
JoannaTrail Blazer: (@ still trying to figure out twitter comment) It is all Social Media...try to show them that
JoannaTrail Blazer: :)
Mirt Tenk: the red balls represent active VWs size indicates # users
Uskala Hidayat: Remember Clay Sharkey caveat about "registered users"
Jackie Rexen: I do Joanna!
Mirt Tenk: AJ said more people will be coming in who are already in VWs and will bring it to their teaching
Austen Scanlan: Use the gamer stats; it's really the most convincing argument.
Praxislady Witt: Is there a different approach to SL Learning within the two in-worlds> Teen and Adult?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said unless someone knows why it should be used, how doesn't matter
Margaret Michalski: I found that giving tours is more effective than just giving links
Mirt Tenk: AJ said you have to show them why it is important to them
Margaret Michalski: you can answer immediate answers based on their reaction.
Eurominuteman Jameson: ISO 9001 includes the WHY
Mirt Tenk: AJ said when you get three or four working together they will help
Mirt Tenk: Lizzy SaintLouis has set of LMs for their discipline
Mirt Tenk: they can explore their area
Jackie Rexen: Sadly - for many administrators - it is also about cost-effectivenees - Need to show how VWs are cost effective for learning - Any research in that area?
Praxislady Witt: Like a web-quest?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said he has a notecard he gives called "Places to see" in SL
Mirt Tenk: AJ said it starts w/orientation & fun areas
Mirt Tenk: AJ said some are educational like the Ohio Univ or Princeton builds
JoannaTrail Blazer: Princeton at Alexander beach sim is amazing architecture
Zotarah Shepherd: Getting people to create an SL account is the hard part.
Cahona Baxton: Check out Penn State's 8 islands in SL
AJ Brooks: If you are having problems with voice - please check the HELP sign on the back wall or IM Margaret Michalski for assistance
Cahona Baxton: SUNY - State University of New York great uses of SL in ed
AJ Brooks: JoannaTrail Blazer: list of 10 here
JoannaTrail Blazer: http://www.eduisland.net/salamanderwiki/index.php?title=Peer-Reviewed_Journals
JoannaTrail Blazer: not to forget educause quarterly
Eleonora Porta: agree Zothara
Jackie Rexen: The every other Sunday ISTE Tour to different sites - many with an educational piece is what hooked me into SL.
Grinn Pidgeon: BGSU Bowling Green State University is another good build
Bill Friis: Dare to be stupid.
Jackie Rexen: Sloode is the closest
Mirt Tenk: Question from Atlanta: has anyone built any of these into building blocks w/Blackboard
Mirt Tenk: Someone in Atlanta said he's building something now
Mirt Tenk: LSL will talk to http & xml files
Austen Scanlan: Call it now teacher left behind. And tell them it will be on the test!
Austen Scanlan: opps "NO"
Mirt Tenk: lost audio on most of what he said
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Blackboard had put out a competition to try to develop something
Mirt Tenk: Angel LMS was working on this
Bill Friis: How about Desire2Learn?
Birdie Newcomb: will there be a blackboodle?
Mirt Tenk: Blackboard just bought them
AJ Brooks: `SLOODLE
Austen Scanlan: Blackboard is the worst and I'm not an educator.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Moodle is deeply integrated w/the Sloodle tool
Mirt Tenk: there's a great deal of integration w/Moodle
Doomsday Sorbet: Blackboard also has the ability to work with moodle
Mirt Tenk: AJ said answer is "not yet but soon we hope" for Blackboard
Uskala Hidayat: Many universities are moving away from Blackboard and toward open source solutions like moodle.
hobbs Constantine: He said that Blackboard does have some scripting (HTML...) that will allow Bb to work with SL
Margaret Michalski: We had trouble implementing moodle
Doomsday Sorbet: I will find the info... not sure how good i is...
Mirt Tenk: ty hobbs
hobbs Constantine: :-)
Margaret Michalski: I am assuming nobody is having trouble.
Mirt Tenk: AJ said how about some of you in SL who haven't spoken up?
Lizzy Saintlouis: Blackboard new edition will be easier the Ver9
Mirt Tenk: anyone want to share anything?
Eurominuteman Jameson: i prefer text
Austen Scanlan: I'm speechless.
Oronoque Westland: Is the classroom of the future blended or fully online?
Mirt Tenk: Bev Lander asked if there is a listing of best practices in using SL, esp the un-real physics
Mirt Tenk: AJ said people keep trying to work on best practices but it's like herding cats
Mirt Tenk: AJ said there was a recent conf on best practices
AJ Brooks: simteach
Jackie Rexen: Best Practices in SL, I believe, would have to be discipline specific
Mirt Tenk: AJ said SimTeach is a wiki w/some best practices
JoannaTrail Blazer: Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference http://www.vwbpe.org/
hobbs Constantine: SLOAN-C?
Bev Landar: Thank you. :)
Uskala Hidayat: ISTE
Eurominuteman Jameson: what about hybrid best practices?
Mirt Tenk: NMC?
Bev Landar: I attended the conference in SL. :)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said ISTE has a focus on K-12 but reaching more to higher ed
Birdie Newcomb: how much IT does one need to do blended classes?
Mirt Tenk: AJ said best practices are best practices
Eurominuteman Jameson: hybrid is a different boundary line
Lizzy Saintlouis: sleducation.wikispaces.com
JoannaTrail Blazer: you can do it singlehandedly, just don't forget the distance audience
Mirt Tenk wonders if the growing body of peer-reviewed publications won't help define this list
Praxislady Witt: Who is assigned the best practices for education? Isn't that planning before development?
JoannaTrail Blazer: and make sure the rl classroom students engage them too
Jackie Rexen: Some general stuff at http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we are almost out of time
Lizzy Saintlouis: Thanks, Aj
Mirt Tenk: those in Atlanta will have to vacate the room. Any last comments/questions?
Bev Landar: Excellent session! Thank you. :)
Lizzy Saintlouis: We need to get to the keynote
Uskala Hidayat: Attending the SL Community Convention is great for learning best practices.
Mirt Tenk: tc all Atlanta friends! have a lovely time!
Eurominuteman Jameson: i collect hybrid here, an EU program http://avalon-project.ning.com/group/virtuallearninggivingnewbiesagoodfirstexperience
Margaret Michalski: Thanks AJ!
Roshana Rives: this is still evolving
Jackie Rexen: Isn't the keynote being streamed in SL LOL
Margaret Michalski: Thanks Atlanta
Mirt Tenk: AJ said please join the Educause VW SIG
JoannaTrail Blazer: ***Wewtwewt ***
Reed Auebauch: Thanks AJ
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we'll make the text chat available
Alan Sandalwood: Thank you
Jackie Rexen: Thanks for the facilitation AJ
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Mirt is wonderful lol
JoannaTrail Blazer: thank you organizers! thank you AJ!
Jackie Rexen: Nice work Mirt
hobbs Constantine: clapping for Mirt!!!
Eurominuteman Jameson: hybrid unfolds under a process analysis based on ISO 9001
Cahona Baxton: What group to join for notes?
Mirt Tenk: I have actually recorded audio also if you want it
Zotarah Shepherd: Yay Mirt!
Mirt Tenk: lol
Doomsday Sorbet: yes, thank you! claps
Mirt Tenk blushes
Birdie Newcomb: Roshana Rives: Thanks everyone for the back chat and for AJ
Austen Scanlan: http://www.themeasurementstandard.com/issues/12-1-08/socialmediaindex12-1-08.asp
Jackie Rexen: APPLAUSE!!!!
Mirt Tenk: who knew fast tying would be my claim to fame?
Mirt Tenk: typing even
JoannaTrail Blazer: ***aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa****
JoannaTrail Blazer: hehe
Mirt Tenk: AJ said Atlanta is off the grid
JoannaTrail Blazer: sorry.
JoannaTrail Blazer: hehehe
JoannaTrail Blazer: hooray for the meeting
Jackie Rexen: Go see the Psychologists at the island if you have time - pretty cool
Oronoque Westland: I forgot that when I stand the chair disappears;~)
Eleonora Porta: / applauds all of you and AJ
JoannaTrail Blazer: :)
Mirt Tenk: AJ said ty everyone for coming today
Viv Trafalgar: Thank you AJ
Jackie Rexen: 58
Eurominuteman Jameson: do you have some best practice under ISO 9001
Mirt Tenk: AJ said we had a great showing, over 50 people hear at one time
Austen Scanlan: Really look to the measurement tools URL
Heidi TeeCee: thanks AJ!
Zotarah Shepherd: I saw 59
Bev Landar: Thank you for holding this. It was excellent! :)
Mirt Tenk: pretty decent lack of lag
JoannaTrail Blazer: fantastic turnout in SL
Margaret Michalski: Thanks everyone!
Doomsday Sorbet: and... I didn't crash...
Mirt Tenk: I know what it is
Eurominuteman Jameson: Quality Management Standard
Shawnta Clarence: ty
Eurominuteman Jameson: international
Eurominuteman Jameson: fully
Oronoque Westland: thanks...interesting discussion
Eliasdehart Sixpence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9001
Oronoque Westland: see you next time
Mirt Tenk: AJ said if you need to leave, don't feel obligated to stay, official meeting is over
Mirt Tenk: AJ said please join the Educause VW group
Eurominuteman Jameson: http://avalon-project.ning.com/video/the-iso-9001-family-global
Mirt Tenk: AJ said you're all welcome to stay
Mirt Tenk: AJ said feel free to take off
Eurominuteman Jameson: a ISO 9001 video
Praxislady Witt: Originally manufacturing standards, that evolved into other environments to set up standards for a common understanding.
Margaret Michalski: Thanks Aj ! I will see you in 2 weeks.
Eurominuteman Jameson: Free ISO 9001 Awareness Game http://www.distilinteractive.com/
Eurominuteman Jameson: yes
Eurominuteman Jameson: also Germany
Praxislady Witt: ISO = International Standards Organization