View
2.051
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
A presentation given at EDayz08, November 13 1008 by KerryJ of education.au
Citation preview
FROM: Virtually there: a presentation for EDayz 2008
KerryJEducation Officer-
Collaborative Tools
Virtually There
Learning Objectives
- Creating an immersive online experience
- What tools are available
- Preparation for an in-world experience in Second Life
This Is Not a Game: Virtual Worlds Coming to Your Business, Forrester Predicts By C.G. Lynch
January 09, 2008 — CIO — In five years, enterprise versions of online virtual worlds like Second Life will be just as important to business as the Web is today, and the trend will make it useful for companies to begin experimenting with 3-D online environments for in-house collaboration projects.
IBM, BP, Intel , Sun, U.S. Army, Healthcare – mental and physicalNASA, museums, art galleries, universities, TAFEs, governments
Are they relevant to VET learners?
• Immersive learning used in military training
• Relationship building for geographically isolated teams
• Architecture - modeling RL structures
• Role playing – customer service, interviews
• Tourism - virtual builds of sites
Are all virtual worlds equal?
Genres
- Sports
- TV/Film/Book
- Games/Fantasy Roleplay/Quests
- Mirror Worlds
- 3D chat
- Content creation Source: Kzero ResearchVirtual worlds marketing
3D ChatRelationships | Bandwidth-friendly | Role-playing
Shared online experiencesRelationships | Bandwidth-friendly | Training
Content creationOnline and LAN-based | Realism or whimsy
Audio chat | High level of customisation
Content creationLearning curve | Resource-intensive
Second Life – my thoughts
• Not the largest, but has critical mass
• Aimed at 30+ demographic
• High level of customisation
• Communities of practice/resources
• Not constrained by game rules / roles
• Mix of fun, business, education
Second Life – What’s required?
• Headset with microphone
• Late model computer with dedicated graphics card
• Broadband internet connection with plenty of download
• Hard drive space for storage/ program files
Pandora Kurrajong
Second Life – basic skills for tonight’s session
• Talk via text chat
• Hear audio
• Walking
• Instant message
• Use a teleport
Second Life – turning night to day
To view video, visit: http://neotenousvid.blip.tv/file/1486600/.
Second Life – Talking via text
Second Life – hearing and responding to audio
Second Life – adjusting audio
Second Life – teleporting
To view video, visit: http://blip.tv/file/1486627
Second Life – Sending IMs
To view video, visit: http://blip.tv/file/1486664
Find me onlinehttp://www.slideshare.net/KerryJ/
http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson
http://kerryj.com
http://twitter.com/kerryank
SL: Pandora Kurrajong