This optional module for third year students of Art, Design & Printing @ DIT will commence on Wednesday 6th October. If you would like to sign up for it please read page 8 which explains how to get into Second Life and get set up. You will also need to email me with your full name and the programme you are on.
Video intro to Virtual Environments module
May 30, 2010This video was shown to introduce the paper given by John and Claudia at EdTech 2010.
Module wins award!
May 26, 2010The national award for innovation in teaching and learning has been won by this module. John O’Connor was presented with the Jennifer Burke Award 2010 at the EdTech Conference in Athlone Institute of Technology on May 20th. Accepting the Award John thanked Claudia Igbrude, with whom he delivers the module and the Learning and Teaching Technology Centre at DIT for their support. Claudia and John also delivered a paper at the conference, titled ‘Is one life enough?’ where the development of the module was described.
Module shortlisted for Innovation Award
April 27, 2010“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.
First class for 2010 Semester 2
January 28, 2010There will be an introductory class on Tuesday 9 February 201o at 11.45 am to 12.30 pm in Room 220 in Mountjoy Square.
Following that all classes will be on Wednesday nights from 8.00 to 9.30 pm. We will meet in Second Life so you will need to have your computer set-up organised. Please read carefully the instruction on the pages to the right of this text: 8. Getting into Second Life; and 9. Activating voice in SL.
Virtual intimacy?
November 2, 2009Stefana Broadbent is a cognitive scientist who has spent decades observing people as they use technology. In this TED Talks presentation she discusses how intimate relationships are nurtured with technologies such as the mobile phone, IM etc.
Social sites have real bite. An article from The Irish Times outlining the use of social networking sites such as facebook and YouTube to bring recalcitrant service providers to book.
Putting business on the social media map. Another article from The Irish Times about Mark Swaine, a DIT graduate and award-winning founder of interactive design agency Squire.
Module starts on Wed 14 Oct
September 30, 2009The 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.
Virtual Environments: Is one life enough? 