One virtual environment I do like a lot is Second Life – a 3D massively-multiuser world of fun. Many of the residents of Second Life object to it being called a game, including myself. Without goals or objectives its really just a space for exploration and adventure in which you can create, explore and chat. It has already attracted a lot of educators and has, I think, a lot of potential use for education and learning.
Tomorrow Dr. John Bransford, a prominent education psychology researcher, will be giving a talk in Second Life: “Virtual Environments as ways to Reorganize Thinking about Research and Education”. The talk starts at 12 noon Pacific Time (SL time)/ 8pm UK time.
Barring disasters, I’ll be there – with spiky blue hair and a red T.
October 3, 2006 at 11:08 am
Hiya John, Is great to read another secondlife residents blog
I’ve been on secondlife for a year or so and absolutley love it
October 3, 2006 at 11:46 am
Hiya Natalie,
IRL I’m Daniel, in Second Life I’m Buddy Sprocket. When I actually find the time to log in, anyway. Thanks for dropping by
October 3, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Cool I’m Natalie in both worlds lol
October 14, 2006 at 8:55 am
[...] I was chatting with a very busy person who remarked that NMC are enabling the recommendations made by leading educational psychologist, Dr John Bransford in a recent SL presentation to permit one researcher to build on the work of others or to get credit for working as a team – something, incidentally, that is commonplace in scientific disciplines like particle physics and astronomy. Dr Bransford is the Director of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Science of Education Center called Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE). [...]