I learned to fly and drink coffee and met the horse on the way home”:

"I learned to fly and drink coffee and met the horse on the way home”: Supporting Learners into

Second Life

Liz Thackray (aka lizit Cleanslate)

“Bit like going somewhere for the first time in the real world - I always seem to get lost before I end up where I should be. I actually met you at the sandpit, which I somehow managed to get to in the end. And I will be going to second life again, probably Wednesday evening. After all, I learned to fly and drink coffee and met the horse on the way home. Not bad for starters, I think.”

Patricia Knight OU student following first visit to Second Life

From:Robertson, J. and Nicolson, K. (2007) Adventure Author: a learning environment to support creative design. In Bekker, Robertson and Skov (Eds). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children 2007, Aalborg, Denmark

ValidationDesign

Creation

Exploration

Skills and Knowledge

Problem definingand problem solving

Supporting Learners into Second Life

Design

Creation

Exploration

Design

Creation

Skills and Knowledge

Design

Creation

Problem definingand

Problem solving

Design

Creation

Validation

Validation

Design

Creation

Exploration

Skills and Knowledge

Problem definingand problem solving

Supporting Learners into Second Life

How do you prepare your students for their virtual world

experience?

Liz Thackray (aka lizit Cleanslate)e.thackray@sussex.ac.uk

How do we determine the preparation appropriate for the

experience being offered?