Course 1 – Lesson 11
Direct link to the lesson plan Time I have to be careful at the beginning not to allow students to get used to arrving late. But there were only two so I really had to wait. But the time was still...
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Course 1 – Lesson 12
Direct link to the lesson plan Time Time was again an issue because of late arrivers. However, a lot of time was also lost because my security presentation board did not allow others to use it...
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Second Life Educational tools – What is missing?
I have been asked several times which tools I miss in Second Life. When I first started thinking about teaching in SL, I searched for some kind of whiteboard that I could write on because that is one...
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Key factors for the design and delivery of successful Second Life workshops
Another MUVEnation task after a long break. This is for module two, activity one: Analysis of hands-on workshops. We were provided with a very comprehensive analysis grid which was very helpful in...
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Conducting a hands-on workshop in SL
In module 2, section 1, we explored hands-on workshops in Second Life. The activities consisted of Analysing hands-on workshops using an analysis grid and coming up with a list of key factors for the...
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Holodeck or Builder’s Buddy Challenge
Many dismiss holodecks or Builder’s Buddy scenes (see my previous posts here and here) as tools for learning and teaching languages in Second Life thinking they are only good for role-plays (e.g....
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A film-making project with language learners
In a previous post I have written about Project Based Learning in Second Life showing some examples and relating it to language learning. In this post, I would like to show a machinima project with...
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It’s burning? What now?
A Second Life language lesson using a simulation As part of the “Teaching Languages in a Virtual World” session, I gave a demo lesson using a kitchen fire simulations (this is a Swiss project and you...
View ArticleVirtual “Makkah” and Al Andalus in Second Life
We are in week 3 of our Teaching Languages in a Virtual World seesion, which is all about real life places in Second Life and how these can be exploited for learning or practising languages or teaching...
View ArticleSo, what’s the added value of SL for ELT?
This question (in a more general form; not related to ELT) crops up every now and then on the various Second Life educational or research lists or other SL education platforms and among among...
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