Latest Docs

 

PhD Thesis in a nutshell

(or in this case a jpeg)

 

 

Linden’s New User Quick Start Guide

 

Landmarks for New Inworld Educators

 

Ethics in SL Book Chapter (see below)

 

Relive 08: Workshop Slides

 

ReLive08 Paper

 

Sledcc Presentation

Sledcc Paper

 

Link to full presentation of 16 Ways to use SL for Edu. Given at the Diverse Conference July 2008

 

Starting LUTube.tv

A paper by Alberto Ramirez & Me

 

16 Ways Now!

Machinima for my presentation at Diverse 2008

 

16 Ways to Use Virtual Worlds in your Classroom  ppt (June 2008)

 

Advice for New Avatars (getting started)

 

Useful Educational Links, etc.

 

My Contact Info

 

Email: Michele Ryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Educator’s ToolBox

Click below for video demonstrations

of inworld educational tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Projects

 

LUSLUG (Lancaster Uni. SL User’s Group). As one of the island’s developers I work to help educators utilize the features of the technology for their courses. I work with newbie teachers (from LU and other HE and FE institutions) and help them develop their inworld pedagogical strategies. 

 

 

Current Research

 

I am a 3rd year PhD student involved in developing a substantive theory to explain the phenomenon known as inworld education. I use a Grounded Theory approach and investigated over 200 educational islands and teaching situations in SL. My current working title is:

 

Becoming an Inworld Educator: A Grounded Theory for Teaching in Virtual Worlds

 

This page last updated: November  2009

 

 

Publications:

Forthcoming journal article: Inworld Education: What’s It All About?

A Glaserian Look at the Emerging Core Variables Discovered in Second Life Teaching Practices 

Forthcoming: Methodologies for Exploring Inworld Educational Activities

Book Chapters:

Forthcoming (in print 2009): Pseudo Realities & Synthetic Societies (with co-author Mark Childs) Please email me for a copy.

 

Conference proceedings:

Nov 20-21, 2008: ReLive Conference with the Open University in UK. All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go: The Developmental Stages of Inworld Educators

 

Nov 6, 2008 JANET Conference in Oxford (with Alberto Ramirez Martell)

 

Sept 5-7, 2008: SLEDcc Conference in Tampa, FL. USA.

 

July 1-3, 2008: Diverse Conference in Amsterdam. 16 Ways to Use Second Life in Your Classroom

http://www.inholland.nl/INHOLLANDCOM/Studying+at+INHOLLAND/Events/Diverse2008

 

June 18, 2008: Lancaster Management School, Department of Management Learning & Leadership PhD conference. SL Literature Review.

 

May 8-9, 2008: SDMC Conference in Scotland.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/management/sdmc/2008/

 

 

 

Up and Coming Events:

 

January 13, 2010 Hands on workshop for educators interested in trying Second Life. Location: Lancaster University, UK

Email me for more details.