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 100 educational islands and teaching situations in SL. My current working title is:

 

Teaching in a Virtual World: The Implications for Pedagogy and Professional Practice

 

This page last updated: August 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/

 

 

 

Michele Ryan – Doctoral Researcher

(1st Life)

 

Shelly Waco (Main Grid) &

Merlin SParker (Teen Grid)

(2nd Life)