Posted in Web 2.0, avatars, cyberloom, education, tagged avatars, Distance Education, education, social presence, weblins on May 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I am typing this I have a little avatar at the bottom of my screen keeping an eye on me. This avatar is about one inch high and is called a weblin. I have only just discovered weblins (they have been around for a while apparently). I heard about them on Fleep’s Deep Thoughts [...]
Posted in education, virtual worlds, tagged Virtual World Photography, education, Distance Education, virtual worlds, Second Life™ on April 9, 2008 | No Comments »
The center of Deja Vu Volcano
Cyberloom has recently met a number of educators who express anxiety about the World Wide Web with its social networking sites and virtual worlds. They are particularly concerned by the stories they have heard about Second Life. This platform has many parallels with the early days of the internet, and [...]
Posted in education, tagged Coffee, Distance Education, Second Life, Virtual Coffee Breaks on February 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mae’s Coffee Bar
I am currently enrolled in a Distance Education (DE) class and we use an educational management system called ‘Moodle’*. We participate by typing into discussion threads, and even though attempts are made to reproduce a f2f (face to face) class, I miss Real Life (RL) coffee breaks!
Coffee breaks are a low key, [...]
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