Teaching and Learningin Second Life

Cynthia CalongneShowcase of Student Projects from CS 382, CS 641, CS 672, CS 820,

CS 830, CS 835 and mentor of400 8th graders at Ramapo

How we Teach and Learn in SL Self image Mentor, collaborate Social networks Class projects Roleplay Learning games Blended reality Exploration Build

Create an avatar - you! Office hours, facilitation Share ideas, hold meetings Applied learning Immersive learning Interactivities Real & virtual meetings Visit, tour, study Create and customize

80% of the world’s Internet users will be in a virtual world by the end of 2011 (Gartner, 2007) -- Are you ready?

Pioneering Real Life Education in a Virtual World

Instructor-designed classrooms

use creative and innovative

environments

ExperimentalDesign

Classrooms

Using Activity-based Learning

and the Professional Learning Model

Communicating with studentsin Second Life

Left to rightTeleportGroup Notice

2nd rowVoice Chat (*)Instant MessageURLs embedded

Real and Virtual Meetings

NMC Meeting with theMacArthur Foundation

Teaching Robotics in CS 835

1st Teachers Buzz Meeting

Completed 140 classes to master teaching

CTU studentsin a virtual World

Colorado Tech IslandClasses and

live music festivals onColorado Tech in SL --

Library project in progress

Student projects are displayedon the Boardwalk and on

two experimental design islands

The Many Faces of CTU Faculty

Mentor -- 1st Virtual Middle School

Suffern Middle School at Ramapo on the Teen Grid

A CTU Student-Designed Maze Game

I survived the Maze Game

shirts

Subsystems:Humorous Traps

and Scoreboard

From a Monorail to a Rollercoaster

Blending Classes

Evolution of a Merry Go Round and Ferris Wheel -- studying state machines

Underwater Office

Instructor-designedvirtual office to offer creative office hours

and meetings with students

CTU -- Physics & State Machines

Teaching and Learning at CTU Collaboration and

community Extracurricular events

Cultural venues SL groups, including

educational networks

A University of Choice!

Teaching and Learning extends beyond the classroom Student services and

activities Music, dance, art Scientific programs Real life education in

Second Life Research