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This week I was again given the pleasure of working from home. Personally, this is the aspect of eLearning that I like the most. For colleges that are looking to be competitive with non-traditional students, the use of virtual classrooms to simulate a real class experience seems to be a must. Traditional online courses do not seem to provide the same amount of depth that can be gained through live interactions with classmates.
For the second half of the class we worked on fleshing out our pre-storyboard templates for our lesson on the Iditarod. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, I have been absent from the blogs/discussion boards this week because I have been working on a machinima for Visual Design using Second Life. For those of you who have not tried yet, Second Life is a virtual environment that works similarly to a Social Networking site, however all interactions are controlled by 3D avatars.
My group decided to use NOAA’s island in the program in order to teach the viewer about Tsunamis. The video was created by Faisal, Jenn Morinn, and myself and can be found here. Looking at Gagne’s 9 Events, as talked about in class this week, this video would make a nice hook to pull the students into a lesson on Tsunamis, or possibly as the 4th event to present content. Read the rest of this entry »
For those of you who were not in attendance, Amy, Scott S., and I presented on the use of virtual classrooms at the My Classroom to Yours conference. This entire conference was provided by the ETTC/SRI and brought together various teachers, from throughout the region, in order to share successful teaching practices. Through our presentation, we were able to show various uses of virtual classrooms in today’s education environment as well as present various free options. Read the rest of this entry »
