Intermediate Second Life

$345.00
Price: $345.00
Event Date: 
November 9, 2011 - November 18, 2011
Level: 
Intermediate - Level 2
certificate specialization: 
Tools and Techniques
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 9, 2012
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 9, 2012
Event Summary: 

Participants will:

  • Understand how Second Life is being used for educational purposes
  • Visit exemplar Second Life educator site
  • Learn about effective teaching practices in Second Life
  • Learn some introductory Second Life skills for teaching and managing classes
  • Begin creating Second Life content for your students

 

If you have a disability, use assistive technology, or may need accommodation to fully access a workshop, please email us at workshop@sloanconsortium.org.  You will be contacted by someone from our workshop staff as quickly as possible to discuss your needs.
 

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 9th. Please introduce yourself and begin reviewing materials
Workshop Orientation - Wednesday, November 9th at 4pm EST
Workshop Officially Closes - November 18th. All workshop materials will be available through November 9, 2012
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 Members receive 2 discounts with membership, Institutional and Premium Members receive 20 discounts, and College Pass Members receive 100 (50 or 25) "free" seats in the entire 2011 Sloan-C Workshop series.
Presenter/Panelist Biographies
Biographies of Presenters/Panelists: 

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.

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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