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Challenger Learning Center
South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University
VirtualLearning
Communities
21stCentury Learning
Virtual Learning Communities (VLC) is based on a professional learning
community model that uses a blend of face-to-face and online curriculum to connect teams of educators on a
local, state, and global level
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Through immersion in multimedia, and social networking sites such as Ning, Diigo, Blogs and Wikis, participants
learn how to interact online with other members, and with experts from around the globe that are part
of the collaborative network.
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They can share discussions, photos, audio, video, and hypertext links to
connect to relevant resources and to solve real world problems.
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E-Learning
Online Learning
Virtual Education
Community Engagement
Creativity and Imagination
Real World Collaborative Problem Solving
History
MOO MUD
A MOO (MUD , object oriented Multi-User Dungeon) is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users
(players) are connected at the same time
Sample of a typical MUD interaction.http://role-playing-video-games.suite101.com/article.cfm/
what_is_a_mud_or_multiuser_dungeon
http://www.kzero.co.uk/industry-forecasts.php
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Generation Y Perspectives
Because we work here
But truthfully, we tend to work just as much
here.
Roughly speaking, Generation Y is defined as -
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< Birth Date >
< Current Age >
There are over 70 million people in the U.S. belonging to Gen Y
And just like the Baby Boomers, that is aa large group of people
that is IMPACTING society
47%and is projected to be 47% of the workforce by 2014.
25%Generation Y is currently 25% of the workforce
But what defines Generation Y?
The Young and The Digital
What the Migration to Social-Networked Sites, Games, and Anytime, Anywhere Media Means for Our Future.
Demands instant gratification
Impatient if delayed… but highly adaptable.
Instant information
Attracted to Large Social Movements
Wired
Expecting (NOW! Not 5 minutes from
now)
Global
Interdependent
Quickly bored
Mobile
Likes mentors
multi-tasking
empowered
Laptop
Clicker
Notes
Web
IMCell Phone
iPod
This is what many of us are dealing with
21st Century
Learning
What makes learning different now than 10 years ago?
Is the traditional concept of top-down, one-way
communications strategydead?
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A Vision of Students Today
CCC
limate
lient
lassroom
Engaged
Actively Constructing Knowledge
Pedagogy
ToolsConstructionism; think of it as 'learning-by-making‘
Tied to online learning
Constructivism; building on prior knowledge
EntertainingInformativeInteresting
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Know What’s Out There
Emmersive Education
The CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment at Rowan University
21st Century Virtual Reality Learning
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CAVE –Automatic Virtual Environment http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=t-BRWQL8BM0
Lightsaber demohttp://il.youtube.com/watch?v=BNOewTOGeok&feature=related
What does all this have to do with
virtual worlds and real learning?
The world is connected today in ways
that are shattering traditional
communications concepts.
The Google Model
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http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice
Learning has to be about more than test
scores
Is Real learning taking place
in virtual and digital environments?
digital world you can record everything that happens and this trace becomes your digital
footprint
How does this improve
LEARNING?
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http://todaysmeet.com/
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http://www.slideshare.net/
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How Does Technology Save Money?
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http://virtual-lc.wikispaces.com/
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http://www.teacherleaders.org/about/who
School Bloggers http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers
21st Century Blogginghttp://
21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/
EIRC Online Technology Web 2.0http://www.eirc.org/courses/course/view.php?id=38
Moodle
Wiki’s http://greenschoolsforteachers.wikispaces.com/
H:\Telent21\VLC\web 2.0 links.htm
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Think of this as a movement, not a
specific tool
Be prepared for change
Be prepared for resistance
FearMisinformation
Learning to Change, Changing to Learn
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http://www.joe.org/joe/2008august/a1.php
The Shift/ /ing
Landscape