Re Live08 Presentation - How Can Massive Multi-user Virtual Environments and Virtual Role Play Enhance Traditional Teaching Practice
- 1. How Can Massive Multi-user Virtual Environments and Virtual Role Play Enhance Traditional Teaching PracticeMrs Angela Addison & Dr W O’HareUniversity of Teesside
- 2. Electronic Learning SpacesE-learning = Blended Learning
- 3. Computers in EducationA means of rapid content access not a social context for learning
- 4. Constructivist TheoryComputers provide more opportunities for social interaction, communication and thinking!Construction of meaning and knowledgeEarly uses of computers to promote social construction were demonstrated with the development of Multi-user Dungeons (MUDs)
- 8. SimulationsDouble Helix – Genome IslandDouble Helix – University of Massachusetts (UMASS)http://www.umass.edu/molvis/tutorials/dna/dnapairs.htmAvailable in public domain
- 9. Advantages of MMUVE’s Social interaction
- 10. Encourage fully immersive experience
- 12. Ability to overcome geographical problemsMotivation for Food Factory"everyone is interested in SL, there must be something WE can use it for too!" SL represents a real opportunity to improve student-to-student interactions. "Having watched a dyslexic child struggle with traditional teaching methods, and having encountered the same child's ability, not only to master activities in a gaming environment, but to recognise and replay errors, producing improved performance and successes, it is apparent that recreating a reality in which learning can take place through direct immersive experience can be beneficial.“
- 13. Motivation for Food Factory“identified difficulties for training new officers in the field “if these difficulties could be role played in a safe environment there could be some significant improvement in performance and understanding of the issues for new and retraining professionals." A final motivation arises from experiences of face-to-face role-plays.
- 14. Holodecks for Space Manipulation
- 16. Conclusionearly educational developments in SL have focused on structures and information few have made the best use of the potential that the environment offers for student-to-student interaction traditional role-play has been one of the most powerful tools in the constructivist educator's toolbox towards the goal of independent learner.
- 17. Thank you for Listening