MOOSE team Gilly Salmon Palitha Edirisingha Ming Nie

MOdelling Of Second life Environments (MOOSE) Role Designing for SL events Design, develop and

Theory: socialization for learning at a distance Socialization for online collaboration, link between social

Second Life learning preparations – Students • training guide • In-world training (1 hour)

Uo. L Archaeology module Current approach Second Life approach Read description of rituals &

Initial findings 1. 2. 3. 4. Provides environment for meeting In world socialisation Remote

Socialisation DM: How are you? EA: Good, thanks. How are you? DM: Have you

Course and personal matters DM: EA, which essay question have you chosen? EA: I

Further work • Learning sessions with: • 2 Uo. L modules (Geography, Media and

Online resources Project website: http: //www. le. ac. uk/beyonddistance/moose/ Project blog: http: //www 2.

Thanks for listening MOdelling Of Second. Life Environments www. le. ac. uk/moose MOOSE team:

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MOOSE team: Gilly Salmon, Palitha Edirisingha, Ming Nie, Matt Wheeler, Mark Pluciennik, Ruth Young, Jaideep Mukherjee 3 -D Multi-User Virtual Environments for socialisation for learning at a distance Dr Palitha Edirisingha Pal Eilde & Professor Gilly Salmon: Genevieve Simons University of Leicester

MOdelling Of Second life Environments (MOOSE) Role Designing for SL events Design, develop and pilot SL-tivities in undergraduate distance learning course (Archaeological Theory) In-world socialization & learning in groups Research students’ and tutors’ use of SL-tivities of facilitation in SL Develop & deliver SL guides and training

Theory: socialization for learning at a distance Socialization for online collaboration, link between social presence & socialisation, affordances of 3 D MUVEs for effective socialisation 5 -stage model and e-tivities Salmon 2004; Motteram 2004; Gunewardene and Zittle 1997, Short et al 1976 Development Knowledge construction Information exchange Online socialisation Access & Motivation

Second Life learning preparations – Students • training guide • In-world training (1 hour) – Tutors • training guide • F 2 F session: technical and SL-moderation (2 hours) Training guides available at: http: //tinyurl. com/moose. SLguides

Over to Pal

Uo. L Archaeology module Current approach Second Life approach Read description of rituals & social structures Immersion in simulated ritual experience Written description and diagrams of a Saami tent Artefact of Saami tent in world for exploration and interaction Visioning and thought experiment about the term ’landscape’ and verbal exploration of cultural context Interpretations of a vision and created landscape in-world and exploration of history, ideals and aspirations Individual reflection on module experience Group discussion in world

Saami tent

Kalasha village

Initial findings 1. 2. 3. 4. Provides environment for meeting In world socialisation Remote network building Enabling the first 2 stages of the ‘ 5 stage model’ faster… These are the substantive issues and they need presenting Very well 5. Perspectives on: - 1 st stage of the model: access and motivation - 2 nd stage of the model: socialisation 6. The shape / details of the 5 -stage model 7. Role for the SL moderator / SL moderation 8. Complex presence through avatars

Socialisation DM: How are you? EA: Good, thanks. How are you? DM: Have you changed your outfit again? great! EA: The rugs look so real. YU: I knitted them the weekend that’s why! EA: Ha ha! EA: You're very talented. DM: : ) EA: Do you have to knit in the middle of the tent or in the men's section? YU: No Comment! EA: : )

Avatar students help the avatar tutor YU: Well, I feel like a prune standing up here AC: It's less anonymous EA: ha ha AC: Sit down! DM: : ) YU: I'm not sure I know how to yet! It might be embarrassing! EA: We won't laugh. : ) AC: Right-click on ‘Sit’ YU: Thanks - that's helpful. But I might fly instead. . . AC: That would give you a different impression of space. . . YU: Meanwhile, back in space. . . [back to the session]

Course and personal matters DM: EA, which essay question have you chosen? EA: I haven't yet as I defered my course 'til the summer session. . . DM: Oh, sorry, you were ill, weren´s you? EA: Yes, : ) EA: Which did you choose? DM: Neo-Darwinian approaches. . . EA: Sounds like a good one. : )

Over to Gilly

Further work • Learning sessions with: • 2 Uo. L modules (Geography, Media and Communications) - London South Bank University (Photography) • Modeling of SL moderation and SL activities formal HE learning

Online resources Project website: http: //www. le. ac. uk/beyonddistance/moose/ Project blog: http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/departments/beyond-distanceresearch-alliance/projects/moose Saami Tent and the Kalasha village: http: //slurl. com/secondlife/Media%20 Zoo/170/150/17 Training guides: http: //www 2. le. ac. uk/departments/beyond-distanceresearch-alliance/projects/mooseblog/trainingguides

Thanks for listening MOdelling Of Second. Life Environments www. le. ac. uk/moose MOOSE team: Gilly Salmon, Palitha Edirisingha, Ming Nie, Matt Wheeler, Mark Pluciennik, Ruth Young, Jaideep Mukherjee