VirtualESC - Kickoff Spring 2012

Virtual ESCAGENDA:

-- a whirl wind of last year’s efforts

-- current status of “virtual” at ESC

-- dissemination efforts -- some educational uses to date

-- YOURS and our ideas for the future

Empire State College

Virtual ESCAGENDA:

-- a whirl wind of last year’s efforts

-- current status of “virtual” at ESC

-- dissemination efforts -- some educational uses to date

-- YOURS and our ideas for the future

Empire State College

Creating a

Standalone Virtual World

Nicola Marae Martinez, Ph. D.

SUNY Empire State CollegeCenter for Distance Learning

ConferenceOctober 24, 2011

Advance

d applic

ations

Audeliz MatiasSL: Merapi Praga

Education in Second Life: What Other Institutions

are Doing

Tours

of o

ther v

enues

Meetings & discussion

Meetin

gs & d

iscu

ssio

ns

-An application of virtual building and saving; creating groups for students for building- At the end, materials on making profiles

and learning tips in Second Life

Learning to make posters with images – for presentations &

meetings in Second LifePract

ical a

pplicatio

ns

Learn

ing fr

om s

tudents

Train

ing &

support

Doing some Tai Chi

F

un and G

ames

Virtual ESCAGENDA:

-- a whirl wind of last year’s efforts

-- current status of “virtual” at ESC

-- dissemination efforts -- some educational uses to date

-- YOURS and our ideas for the future

Empire State College

Current status of “virtual”

►Price increase at Second Life has ESC examining options

►An Ad Hoc Committee within the Educational Technology Committee (ETC) is considering: uses in the present and future &

associated costs Island management and control

►Your ideas and input?

Dissemination

►Virtual ESC – members from outside the college

►ESC book, perhaps►CIT2012 – accepted presentation at

Stony Brook►Individual efforts & publications

Virtual ESCAGENDA:

-- a whirl wind of last year’s efforts

-- current status of “virtual” at ESC

-- dissemination efforts -- some educational uses to date

-- YOURS and our ideas for the future

Empire State College

ADVANCED SIMULATIONS

Designing new experiences for students The Future of Being Human

Nicola.Martinez@esc.edu / Audeliz.Matias@esc.edu

Simulations take you from the present to

the future

http://ragitake.com/

. . . and the virtual can

capture realities not otherwise available to

students

Teaching and Learning in Second Life

► Immersive learning experience

► Addresses the needs of the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learner (Graf, Liu, Chen and Yang 2009)

► Replicates real world experiences including brick and mortar classroom

Rosalyn.rufer@esc.edu hope.adams@esc.edu

Immersive Learning Experiences

ESC students create simulated experiences

Ken.Ferree@esc.edu

Private island for K12Eileen.OConnor@esc.edu

1. The setting for the meetings

2. The first meeting; going over the instructions on location

3. Improving independent instruction: placing instructional & interactive materials on the island

4. Ongoing: making animated tutorials to teach tech & the adventure & game concept

A pilot study w/ K12 students

Tutorial website put

onto the island

Learning how youth work in this environment

Teachers learn

rudimentary 3-d building

and design pods to share their science projects,

through images & weblinks

Virtual ESCAGENDA:

-- a whirl wind of last year’s efforts

-- current status of “virtual” at ESC

-- dissemination efforts -- some educational uses to date

-- YOURS and our ideas for the future

Empire State College