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Teaching in Second Life

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Pedagogy in Second Life - Feb 2012
Track: 
Tools and Techniques
Level: 
Level 2 - Intermediate
Sloan-C Certificate Program Eligibility: 

This online workshop can be counted toward the Sloan-C Certificate.

Workshop Description
Introduction: 

Formerly titled: Intermediate Second life and Advanced Second Life

Are you a resident of Second Life? Are you an educator? If you answered yes to either question then this is the course for you. Pedagogy in Second Life will introduce intermediate users of the popular 3D virtual environment to various teaching tools useful to educators. It’s for the practitioner who interested in developing new skills for teaching and managing classes.

Resources Provided: 
  • Presentations, readings, web links, discussion threads and other materials, viewable online for 1 year
  • 1-Hour Live Workshop Orientation - Learn about Moodle 2.2 and BlackBoard Collaborate. Navigate the workshop space
  • 1-Hour Live Panel Discussion - Participation in Live Q&A
  • Viewing of Live Sessions available for 1 year
Learning Objectives: 
  • Understand how Second Life is being used for educational purposes
  • Visit some exemplary Second Life educator sites
  • Learn about effective teaching practices and begin creating Second Life content for your students
Outcomes: 

Create Second Life content for your online students

Facilitators
Facilitator(s): 

Michael DeMers
Michael DeMers/Gadget Loon (SL) is a Professor of Geography at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Kansas and a Graduate Certificate of Online Teaching and Learning from New Mexico State University. Dr. DeMers has taught junior high school, high school, and college students and has been using Second Life as a means of delivering his Geographic Information Systems (GIS) class content for online students. He is the author of four GIS books including Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems and GIS for Dummies. His research dealing with the use of Second Life for education has been highlighted in the GIS Educator Click Here to Read and presented at national meetings. Dr. DeMers was recently interviewed by NPR's Scott Simon for Weekend Edition Saturday. Click Here to Read He has submitted a manuscript to the Journal of Virtual World Research dealing with the use of Second Life building tools to create learning objects and is discussing the possibility of a special issue of the Journal of Geography concerning the use of Virtual Learning Environments and geographic education with the editor.

Pricing and Cancellation Policy

Price: $345 Each
Sloan-C Member price: $195 w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process)
College Pass Member Pricing: No Cost w/coupon code* (you will enter the coupon code on the payment page of your shopping cart process)
*Members receive unlimited discounts with membership and College Pass holders receive 100 (50 or 25) "free" seats in the entire Sloan-C Workshop series.

Cancellation Policy: 

If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop and are unable to attend or if Sloan-C reschedules/cancels a workshop, we will be happy to apply your payment to another Sloan-C workshop/seminar at your request. However, no refunds will be given. This offer is good for one year.

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Pedagogy in Second Life - Feb 2012
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