Comments for Virtual World Watch

Comment on What next for Virtual World Watch? by Sanf Oh

Sanf Oh — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:09:06 +0000

Thank you for your hard work to organize this.

Comment on University of East London in Second Life: update by Rose Heaney

Rose Heaney — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:30:46 +0000

I concur Graham – for straight procedural learning SL is probably more of a hindrance than a help particularly with students who are unfamiliar with the environment and may not have access to right PC etc. However the academic in question is not ruling it out in other contexts.

Comment on University of East London in Second Life: update by Graham Mills

Graham Mills — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:53:07 +0000

The Flash vs SL comparison is interesting, not least because it reflects the experience of Andy Lang and Jean-Claude Bradley with their Spectral Game. I guess it depends a little on the context of the activity — if it’s primarily 2D and shared presence isn’t an issue, then why not Flash (assuming you have the development capability)? I normally reckon you need to have at least two criteria that SL meets “in spades” before it’s worth using.

Comment on Choosing virtual worlds for use in teaching and learning in UK higher education by Educators - what would you most like to see in OpenSim? | justincc.org

Educators - what would you most like to see in OpenSim? | justincc.org — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:25:06 +0000

[...] other things, this adds to the discussions of emerging educational VE uses in last month’s UK Virtual World Watch report and to the earlier activites in this [...]

Comment on Virtual Worlds Teaching Guide by Problem-based learning in Second Life: new resource : The Metaverse Journal – Virtual World News

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:18:19 +0000

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Comment on Virtual Worlds Teaching Guide by Problem-based learning in Second Life: new resource

Problem-based learning in Second Life: new resource — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:10:02 +0000

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Comment on Virtual Worlds Teaching Guide by Graham Davies

Graham Davies — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:59:57 +0000

Just downloaded a copy. Looks very interesting. Have you seen what teachers of languages are up to in SL? See:

EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds SIG Ning
http://virtualworldssig.ning.com

ICT4LT website, Section 14.2.1, Module 1.5
http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-5.htm#secondlife

Teaching Languages in a Virtual World
http://tlinvw.ning.com

Regards
Graham Davies

Comment on Second Life PhD thesis of Dr Aleks Krotoski by Aleks

Aleks — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:30:20 +0000

Thanks John, for the linkage and for the kind words. And kinda thanks for dredging up my past…. The Virtual Revolution link is http://www.bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution, where there are tens of hours of raw interviews (for download, to mash up, to do whatever with) with web folks like Tim Berners-Lee, Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jimmy Wales, Stewart Brand, Mitch Kapoor (funder for Second Life), Sherry Turkle and many many more. Heck, most of the people I reference in the thesis are there

Aleks

Comment on Choosing virtual worlds for use in teaching and learning in UK higher education by David Miller

David Miller — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:38:40 +0000

OpenSim also does not have the politics of Second Life. As an elearning provider, I gave it a big go with 19 sims in Second Life at one time (12 now) but have stepped into OpenSim via Reaction Grid.

The performance is better, much less politics, truly supporting team, and it indeed is less expensive.

Nice post, thanks for pointing out OpenSim’s adoption to the rest of the Commonwealth – Canadian and fan of the Queen (she visits, we go nuts, she leaves and takes no taxes – what’s not to love?). =)

Comment on Choosing virtual worlds for use in teaching and learning in UK higher education by Predictions for OpenSim in 2010 | justincc.org

Predictions for OpenSim in 2010 | justincc.org — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:49:25 +0000

[...] with OpenSim in education and business contexts. Earlier in the year, I was very interested to read just how well known OpenSim was within the UK’s higher education system. And I know that other countries are not too far behind and some (such as Australia) are probably [...]