Friday, May 22, 2009

Virtual worlds in education and Moodle

Today I'd like to share with you my recent paper about using virtual worlds in education, with a special focus on how we can use virtual worlds with Moodle. I wanted this paper to be a basic introduction to why virtual worlds are good for education, and also provide a basic overview of some of the most interesting virtual worlds/tools on the market today.
Here is the embedded version from Scribd:
I presented this paper at the 3rd International Slovenian MoodleMoot with a live demonstration of Webline.lite (a super easy way to add avatars to any website), and I hope I managed to encourage some teachers to think about virtual worlds as a possible addition to their online courses. This year I was positively surprised to hear so many teachers using blogs and wikis in their classrooms, so perhaps next year I won't be the only weirdo talking about virtual worlds anymore :)

8 comments:

Christopher Pappas said...

Ialja as always a really good post! I hope that one day I will be able to attend one of your presentations. Maybe you can record one of your presentations. Keep the good job.
Thanks, Christopher

Alja Sulčič said...

Thanks for the kind words, Christopher!

My latest presentation was actually recorded, so the recording should be online in the near future. I'll of course post the link to it when it's ready :)

WadiMedia said...

Hello Ialija,
were you aware of this link?
http://blog.exitreality.com/virtual-business/web-based-3d-technology-integrates-learning-management-systems-moodle-and-blackboard-into-the-3d-web/
you can create an Moodle or Blackboard integtrated learning environment, thanks Wes

Alja Sulčič said...

Yes, I mentioned ExitReality in my paper. However, there were many problems when I tried to run it on my computer, so I don't think it's a good option for educators at the moment.

Aleksandar P said...

Great paper Alja, no wonder you are a Writer...

Doug Holton said...

O3D is a new one from Google. Perhaps folks will work on integrations between it and moodle.

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