Virtual Environments: Is one life enough?

“Virtual Environments: Is one life enough?” has been shortlisted for the 2010 Jennifer Burke Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. The award was established by Dublin City University and the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) to recognise and reward innovative practice in Irish teaching and learning. Five nominees from across the Higher Education sector were invited to present their submissions to the panel of judges on 21st April at The Helix in DCU. The rigorous process involved individual presentations to each of the five jury members, including one of last year’s winning team from Trinity College Dublin, followed by an interview with the full panel. John O’Connor and Claudia Igbrude are very happy to have received this level of recognition for the innovation demonstrated by the module.

Karlin Lillingon, the technology journalist, was also on the jury. She writes about the experience in her Irish Times column.

The announcement of the winner will take place during the EdTech 2010 Conference in Athlone Institute of Technology over 20th and 21st May.

The module starts on Wednesday 14 October at 8 pm. Please read the instructions on ‘Getting into Second Life’ and ‘Activate voice in SL’. The links to these pages are in the column on the right. You will need to have a little bit of experience getting around Second Life so give yourself some time to play around a few days before the first class. Also make sure you log into Second Life at least 15 minutes before the class starts so that any technical glitches are resolved and you don’t miss anything.

The address for the DIT campus in Second Life is given in the link at the right.