Teacher’s Buzz Discussion Group - Plorking in SL
Posted on September 13, 2007
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Heard it here first –plork (play+work). I’ll be leading a collective reflection (aka a discussion) on how we learn in Second Life. The session is In World, on Monday, Sept 17 at 6pm. My working hypothesis is that the majority of adults living in Second Life, plork quite a lot. I’m curious about how we SL educators experience our learning and that of others. This is a great opportunity to participate in an SL educational event, too.
Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned resident, you’ve probably noticed that Second Life is a bundle of plork. It’s fun, satisfying, frustrating, intense. It’s a lot of thinking and feeling rolled up into flow (Csiksczentmihalyi, 1991) experiences for many of us. I’d like to lead a lively discussion on our experiences and observations of others’ experiences learning in and about Second Life. How do people in Second Life come to have the skills and knowledge they have? How do we/they you learn? What kind of learners are successful in Second Life? What kinds of learning seem to work best? What kinds don’t? I work with faculty and instructional staff on teaching and learning issues. Our program, pICT – People, Information and Communication Technologies, recently launched a Second Life Initiative, The pICTsl Farm. We’re introducing faculty and instructional staff to SL, providing consulting and support for them to explore and experiment.
So let’s gather around the Teachers Buzz fire pit and talk about this notion of play and work (and learning). This Session is scheduled for September 17 6:00pm SLT/PDT (check for local time). We meet at Boracy (192,79,28).
http://sl.nmc.org/2007/09/11/plork/
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