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Sloodle: Second Life + Moodle
Since I had heard of Sloodle for the first time at SLanguages2008, I had wanted to learn more about it and integrate it with my Moodle® (an open-source Learning Management System). It is very...
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Communication breakdown
In one of the meetings in SL that I regularly attend, there was a partial communication breakdown that let to a lot of confusion, misunderstandings and even hurt feelings the latter of which I wasn’t...
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Communication and interaction tools
What is the task? Activity 6 of session 3 asks us To collect, describe and comment on a number of tools that are suitable for teaching and learning in Second Life based upon a chosen theme To design...
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Second Life Educational tools – What is missing?
I have been asked several times which tools I miss in Second Life. When I first started thinking about teaching in SL, I searched for some kind of whiteboard that I could write on because that is one...
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Conducting a hands-on workshop in SL
In module 2, section 1, we explored hands-on workshops in Second Life. The activities consisted of Analysing hands-on workshops using an analysis grid and coming up with a list of key factors for the...
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Building holodeck scenes in Second Life
Now, some of you might ask: “What on earth is a holodeck?” Those who have watched Star Trek are familiar with the term and this is how Wikipedia explains it. The article mentions several uses for...
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Holodecks and language learning
In my first post about holodecks, I mentioned some ideas how holodecks could be used for language learning. Meanwhile I had time to create a scene with the Horizons holodeck. In our last SLExperiments...
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How to communicate in Second Life
There are many different ways in which avatars can communicate in Second Life. We can distinguish between: public and private text and voice all vs groups versus one-to-one SL groups versus ad hoc...
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It’s burning? What now?
A Second Life language lesson using a simulation As part of the “Teaching Languages in a Virtual World” session, I gave a demo lesson using a kitchen fire simulations (this is a Swiss project and you...
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Yesterday, I tested the new SL viewer with some SL colleagues. I have to say I really like what I have seen so far. Of course, it will mean that we have to relearn some things. But so far it has been...
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