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artsplace sl skip to main skip to sidebar artsplace sl monday 14 december 2009 thoughts on discussions around sl in learning dave white of the university of oxford has just shared a brief set of reflections on the virtual world strand of the jisc online conference 2009 as he says it strikes me that virtual worlds have become the touchstone for larger themes around technological determinism and the role of tech in education in general despite many examples of the effective use of sl in teaching the debate always seems to move back to these broad areas in my opinion this is a healthy debate and one which i have seen emerging from a number of quarters recently however it does tend to overshadow discussion around genuine practice i can t comment directly on the discussions because they were held behind the closed doors of a paid for online conference i thought the point of online conferences was that they were supposed to open up debate oh well but the notes are worth a quick look posted by art fossett at 08 40 1 comment labels education jisc secondlife wednesday 9 december 2009 lag and how to help prevent it hi i haven t posted here for some time my recent somewhat minimal experiences of second life have all been rather laggy which i tend to put down to my home broadband connection being a little sluggish but it is possible there are other reasons like the hard disk on my home machine being over full for a great set of suggestions for how to improve sl performance see 10 ways to make second life run faster on your low performance computer well worth a quick read posted by art fossett at 07 27 no comments labels performance secondlife friday 31 july 2009 nature to charge for sl conference attendance nature are streaming the science online london conference live in second life organised jointly with mendeley and the royal institution nothing unusual about that of course what s interesting is that they are charging 10 that s about us 16 or l 4100 to attend for the day attendance will cost the princely sum of 10 gbp 15 usd to cover costs and will give virtual attendees access to the island for the whole day as well as an opportunity to ask the speakers questions we will have a member of staff in the audience to get your questions to the speaker just like the rl attendees i m sure this isn t a first but it ll be interesting to see how it works out in terms of uptake the cost itself doesn t look to be too unreasonable the rl event is happening in london uk on august 22nd 2009 uk time will probably make this a tricky event to attend for some people posted by art fossett at 03 33 2 comments labels charging events nature secondlife monday 29 june 2009 theatron 3 website i m very pleased to say that the theatron 3 project which we funded last year now has a website detailing the theatres that have been created by the project and some of the ways in which they can be used for teaching and learning good stuff posted by art fossett at 02 56 1 comment labels secondlife theatron theatron3 tuesday 2 june 2009 faithless i haven t been into second life for a while now i m not exactly sure why but i guess you could say that i ve fallen out of love with it for various reasons if nothing else i have little work related reason to spend time in world and that means it is difficult to find time for it i don t actively dislike it but i don t like it enough to keep going back right now that situation may change on the other hand it may not in linden lab needs to read snow crash again fuzzysoul argues that linden lab aren t working hard enough to transform sl into the premier platform for education and business conferences their stated goal i think i agree and i also agree with the analysis of the inherent problems caused by the teleport anywhere and economy based on land value approaches that ll have adopted i m less convinced by the argument for better facial features but maybe that s just because my imagination isn t very good my favorite avatar remains my original default skin one for me and i say this with a certain amount of hindsight the most valuable and fun experiences in second life were those associated with meetings and events particularly hybrid rl sl events yet as a platform for collaboration and communication sl sucks in many respects this is partly a personal view but i know from having stood up in meetings and said this that others agree with me voice destroys the immersive aspects of sl yet chat is hopeless for most kinds of serious conversation until this is resolved sl with struggle to be a compelling place for collaboration our avatars are either an extension of our real selves or they are pseudonymous alter egos if the former then voice will work fine it seems to me but i don t think sl is currently set up to support that kind of mentality why give avatars non rl names for example if the latter let s accept that chat will remain the predominant communication channel and recognise the collaborative limitations that result i want to believe in virtual worlds like second life but right now i m struggling to hang on to my faith in them somebody please pray to the gods of the metaverse for me posted by art fossett at 05 57 3 comments labels secondlife wednesday 29 april 2009 orange education days somewhat belatedly seeing as how the first day was yesterday but i note that orange have arranged a couple of interesting education in sl days on orange island note to self it s probably worth keeping an eye out for future events posted by art fossett at 01 38 no comments labels education secondlife friday 27 march 2009 what is the library of the future jisc what is the library of the future debate attend in sl thursday 2 april 2009 14 00 17 30pm uk time the jisc are holding a bbc question time style event in oxford next week discussing the future of the libray 40 places are also available to attend and contribute virtually in second life details about the second life venue will be emailed to you following registration note that all delegates including those attending virtually are asked to provide a question for the panel as part of the registration process what is the library of the future you are cordially invited to join the future of the library question time style debate to consider how researchers learners and society at large can be best served by information into the future jisc and oxford university library services are jointly hosting a public question and answer debate in order to discuss what information and library provision mean in these changing times technology has had a huge effect on the behaviour of both information consumers and service providers what is the library and what do libraries need to do in order to support knowledge innovation and society the event will take place on thursday 2 april 2009 in the martin wood lecture theatre department of physics university of oxford from 2 00pm until 5 30pm it will be followed by a reception in the divinity school bodleian library until 7 00pm we also have some second life places available to register for your place at the event http www jisc events co uk unable to attend but want to follow or interact with the event the event will be amplified beyond the walls of the library via the jisc libraries of the future blog tag lotf09 via live web streaming on the day and available for download after the event via twitter tag lotf09 all the links and feeds can also be found at the libraries of the future home page posted by art fossett at 04 48 no comments labels future libraries lotf09 secondlife older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2009 15 december 2 thoughts on discussions around sl in learning lag and how to help prevent it july 1 june 2 april 1 march 3 february 2 january 4 2008 110 november 6 october 5 september 3 august 5 july 10 june 13 may 14 april 12 march 8 february 9 january 25 2007 174 december 22 november 17 october 11 september 13 august 19 july 22 june 20 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