Intermediate Second Life

$345.00
Price: $345.00
Level: 
Intermediate - Level 2
Key Online Workshop Information
Minimum Estimated Time Commitment: 
~ 5 - 10 hours/week
Resources Provided in Workshop: 
Presentations, readings, web links, discussion threads and other materials, viewable online through November 10, 2011
Half-Hour Workshop Orientation - Learn about moodle and Elluminate LIVE! Navigate the workshop space
1-Hour Live Panel Discussion - Participation in Live Q&A
Viewing of Live Sessions available through November 10, 2011
Event Summary: 

Participants will:

  • Understand how Second Life is being used for educational purposes
  • Visit exemplar Second Life educator sites
  • Learn about effective teaching practices in Second Life
  • Learn some introductory Second Life skills for teaching and managing classes
Complete Workshop Description
Online Workshop Description: 
This workshop will introduce intermediate users of Second Life to various teaching tools useful to educators. This workshop is for the practitioner who is interested in developing skills to support pedagogy.  
Schedule: 
Workshop Opens - November 10th. Please introduce yourself and begin reviewing materials
Workshop Orientation - Monday, November 15th at 2pm EST
Workshop Officially Closes - November 19th. All workshop materials will be available through November 10, 2011
Sloan-C Certificate Program Eligibility: 

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

Pricing Information: 
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) *Individual Premium Members receive 2 discounts with membership, Institutional and Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 100 "free" seats in the entire 2010 Sloan-C Workshop series.
Presenter/Panelist Biographies
Biographies of Presenters/Panelists: 

Mike Demers 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 and presented at national meetings. Dr. DeMers was recently interviewed by NPR's Scott Simon for Weekend Edition Saturday. 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.

Cancellation Policy: 

If you register and pay for a Sloan-C workshop/seminar and are unable to attend, 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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