Making the transition from the practical to the social.
There were two significant transition points for the Art & Design students involved in the first 2 days of Open Habitat’s first pilot. Take a look at Ian’s post for a description of what happened...
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Initial Impressions from the first Open Habitat Pilot
As the first Open Habitat pilot with Art & Design students draws to a close it’s worth reflecting on how the process has gone before we dive into the formal analysis of interview transcripts,...
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Philosophers Philosophise in Second Life
What happens when you take 6 online philosophy students with and average age of about 50* and attempt to run a discussion session on ‘identity’ in Second Life after only two short orientation sessions...
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We learnt a few things in the first phase of the Open Habitat project which have informed the set-up of our next pilots. I’m currently planning the pilot that will run with philosophy students in...
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Eventedness
Following on from my ‘That Was an Interesting Experience’ post I got to thinking about how to define what makes MUVEs distinct from other online spaces. The diagram below is my attempted answer, a...
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MOOC: Self-Service Education?
As the IT director for Sainsburys pointed out at BETT a couple of weeks ago ‘self-service’ caused a revolution in retail during the 20th century. It allowed for greater choice, efficiency and of course...
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Love of Learning society
An online society open to all dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge and the love of learning. “For the LoL” This is an idea that was developed with the help of Simon Thomson at the Jisc Creativity...
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