Sunday, February 9, 2014

I love this Virtual World and it's Educational Opportunities



Wow who would have ever thought I would get in to a virtual world? But I am not only in to it I am loving it. The marriage of online courses with virtual worlds is genius. Our instructor Jane/Esme is a master gamer and self proclaimed geek. To me she has a vision for educational enhancement that I so admire. I wanted to take this course because we are starting to introducing gaming into our online courses at Excelsior College and I wanted to see how I could enhance the online courses I build. Now that I have had the opportunity to explore the virtual world and meet with my instructor and classmates I am just so amazed at the ability this virtual world has to give us a sense of community, to connect us, to help us form bonds with each other. I want so much to give online students that I work with and for these opportunities.
Look at us ... as Esme said something to us as we gathered as a group that we (our avatars) seem to instinctively form a circle.

 

This was us yesterday as we gathered to get instructions on building a couch on those pink mats in the distance. We receive instructions from Esme and she recruited Norana to help her help us. It was a great day. I made a mistake and hid my boxes on myself and got behind the rest of the group. I didn't panic though... Esme helped me get on a new mat and start over but by this time I was behind everyone else so Norana jumped in and got me through the lesson. Great save Norana and Esme. Thanks to you I completed that build to the same point as everyone else. I can't wait to jump back in and build some other things. Yay

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