Workshop held at UMBC on January 21, 2010 on teaching and learning using virtual environments, part 1 of 2 by Colorado Technical University professor Cynthia Calongne, known as Lyr Lobo in Second Life.

1. Using Virtual Environments for Online and Campus Classes Dr. Cynthia Calongne Institute for Advanced Studies Colorado Technical University Lyr Lobo in Second Life UMBC Workshop January 21, 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Share Alike with Attribution License

5. Virtual Office Hours Meetings in an underwater office. Come on in! The water’s fine!

8. The floating book holds course handouts as Lyr prepares for class

9. Communicating with students in Second Life Left to right Teleport Group Notice 2nd row Voice Chat (*) Instant Message URLs embedded

10. Interactivities Human barometer activity Futuring and Innovation students take a stand CTU students shop for academic regalia at the NMC Orientation island

13. Colorado Tech Island Virtual learning spaces Collaborative classes and live music festivals at Colorado Tech Student projects are displayed on the Boardwalk and on Lyr Lobo’s class islands An NMC Virtual Worlds design

14. Student and instructor robots on a public class space A 3-week course activity with real world, virtual and 2D robots designed Amusement park of student projects on a private space Students choose the preferred class location

15. Field trips to science sites National Physics Laboratory presentation on nanotechnology innovations Lyr explores the Nanotechnology Lab Interactive objects demonstrate the procedure and give info on notecards

16. Immersive Literature Roleplay and conflict, an immersive literature experience on the Teen grid. Suffern Middle School students at Ramapo portrayed the roles from the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. A juror hollers “Boo!” when Curley takes the stand

17. Teen Creates Cool Technology Ryl mentors an 8th Grade student on the Teen grid as he applies a script to a keyboard override he created with futuristic display textures. It appears when he types and disappears when he is silent. At Ramapo on the Teen Grid

18. CS 672 First day in class Student Projects CS 383 Game maze & scoreboard Ferris wheel rotation problem & duck shoot Duck shoot

19. Underwater fun house First day in world - created particle star CTU Student Projects

20. CS 820 Winter 2008 Case Study Newsstand for low vision users, Electronic Voting Machine Refrigerator for wheelchair use From early ideas to testable projects Students collaborate and work independently

22. Early Skill Development Students new to SL learn to build and texture for class activities

23. Modeling in Second Life A self-guided tutorial for building a 20-minute project

24. Students new to a virtual world create low fidelity interface designs and conduct usability tests in a virtual world

25. Accessibility Project Prototypes Newsstand for the low vision users; selecting option 4 to hear Refrigerator for wheelchair users; shelves move out and down

28. Community Collaboration Guests from other schools perform usability tests on student projects TCC Online Worldwide Conference attendees visit to examine student work

30. Experimental Design Classrooms Bardic circle for storytelling Open spaces where students experiment, explore ideas and get messy What is your ideal virtual world classroom?

32. NMC Conferences Held in Second Life or on the Hakone server, a stand-alone Second Life server that is not connected to the SL grid. Standing in front of a Tardis -- a metaphor from Dr. Who for teleportation between virtual world regions.

37. Who is the avatar on the far right?

39. 8th Grade Immersive Literature Roleplay and conflict, an immersive literature experience for teens on the Teen Grid Suffern Middle School students at Ramapo portrayed the roles from the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Imagine living the scenes from literature and history rather than memorizing them. A juror hollers “Boo!” when Curley takes the stand [11]

40. Dance and animation in Second Life

42. Which of these avatars is not real?

43. A researcher from the Meteora region (NOAA) gave a presentation at the NMC Rock the Academy Symposium dressed as Admiral Grace Hopper He also demonstrated Twitter feeds in Second Life and at a later session, SLOODLE

44. A Strategic Thinking class meets with the instructor and Lyr. How many students do you see?

45. During class, students develop their Second Life skills and discuss the course concepts Students sharing ideas in social networks CS 820 Class Fall 2008

46. Bransford Simulation - Assessing Cooperative Work in a MUVE Presentation, videos from the experiments and an opportunity to participate [8]

47. DNA strand at the Pencil Factory Lyr and robot Slonny #5 (on right) Lyr and student test accessibility projects in 2008 Data Visualization and Usability Evaluations

48. CS 820 Fall 2009 students learn to use & prototype in Second Life CTU Learning Simulations and Games

49. CTU Student SL Projects from 2007 Duck shoot Ferris wheel – rotation & State machine problem Duck shoot prototype in the background Created in 1-2 weeks

50. Systems Engineering Methods class (above) Monorail and a rollercoaster Software Requirements Engineering class (right) Roleplay of customer & design team meetings The software requirements migrated from a monorail to a rollercoaster 1st day in class

51. Monorail rises 300 meters to the game platform SW Design Specification SL Game Prototype Capture the flag game with traps, treasure, scores Played the game & refined it the last week Software Design Undergraduate class project

52. Traps in the Game Maze

53. CS 820 Summer 2009 students study futuring and innovation

65. Using Virtual Environments for Online and Campus Classes Dr. Cynthia Calongne Lyr Lobo in Second Life http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com http://www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo For more information Lyr Lobo Contact information Twitter: Lyrlobo Skype: Lyrlobo Facebook: Lyr Lobo