Preconference Workshop - Virtual Worlds: Second Life
Oct 31, Wednesday at 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
AJ Kelton
Director, CHSS Technology Services
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Montclair State University
Laura Nicosia
Assistant Professor of English / Director of English Education
Montclair State University
With the rapid change in technology and its impact on our culture comes the need to look at new and evolving ways to reach those we teach. Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs), such as Second Life, can allow learning to occur in ways that were previously not possible. The session will examine this synchronous/multi-modal environment, its history, future, technical issues, uses in education, pedagogical strategies to engage critical thinking, the scaffolding of prior knowledge, and fostering collaboration within virtual environments. This pre-conference session will examine the synchronous and multi-modal environment that is Second Life and its current and future uses in education.