20080312 - Pilots Design Meeting Kings College London

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Habitat Pilots Design
Meeting Agenda
12th March 08
Kings College London
Midday - 5.30pm

Informal discussions in the evening
Attending: Ian Truelove, Steven Warburton, David White, Graham Hibbert (Arriving late afternoon/early evening)

 

  • Use DataStore as primary hub, link in google docs if appropriate.
  • tag 'openhabitat' as distinctive root tag
  • OpenHabitat Flickr pool - Graham to implement email to Flickr tool - ask for consent... (maybe via Leeds portfolio tool)
  • Keeping student anonimityusing SL persona because only 20 students

Difference between immersion and augmentation.

12.30-13.30 Developing/discussing criteria for defining and collecting examples of good practice. + Discussing examples we already know of.

Good practice we already know of:

  • RL systems of practice in the studio - using the scaffolded approach not didactic. Maybe T. Mayes? Virtual Studio concept
  • Leets Met SL activity
  • DaveC OpenSim activity
  • Scome
  • KSC
  • Mentoring _ Master, Apprentice.

How to describe good paractice:

Headings in datastore/googfle doc
Sources:

  • US - expirience - brainstorming
  • Eduserv, Global kids(lit)
  • Blogs, presentations SLED list - email lists
  • Other peoples observations.
  • Genearl teaching with technology issuse
  • Blended issues - RL + SL (Addressing two leaning apaces) (ians building move)
  • Apples class in a box, mobile classroom.
  • First 90mins experiments.

Criteria:

  • Feasible - Practical
  • Context
  • Area - teaching/tech/managment/legal-ethical
  • Description
  • Value - to who?
  • Implications

Control of the environemt?
In world, out of world?

Glossary of relevant tools (Graham).

Method:

Collaborativly construct a Taxonimy (steve and MGP) - write narratives - then map across.

13.30-14.15 Agreeing on a method for researching and producing initial reports (examples of good practice and pilots design)

Pilot design report:

  • Pedagogy - Relection Mayes again?
  • Timetable
  • Tech constrants
  • Skills
  • Learning outcomes
  • Motivating students
  • Managment of students

14.30-16.00 Designing the details of the Art and Design pilot: Expectations, technology, indicators of success, challenges. + Implications for, and initial design of the philosophy pilot.

  • Have the students managed to conceptualise their first year expirience?
  • Using arts based pedagogies/approaches in other disciplines.
  • Tension between 'training' and the A+D approach. Difference between orientation island and a 'quest'.

16.00-17.00 Data collection methods/authoring for the pilots in line with the evaluation plan.

 

Pedagogy - Compitance building - Skills

  • Get Christmas party narrative (Inteview MT about the party)
  • Pre-Questionnare (DW) Online - 10mins before the session.
  • Post-Questionare on using the environment
  • Get students to upload snapshots into the reflective protfolio
  • Reviewing the artifacts on the island
  • Chat log tool
  • Interview Ian
  • In world and RL observation. - At least on session where 1 person in RL on in world.
  • Fixed camera at the back of the class room.
  • Roving mic and roving interviewer.
  • Graham in world - screen capture.
  • Focus Group

Pre-sign-up Buy avatar names. Maybe $150 for 20? Pre stock that avatars and give them some money + put them in the right.

Crfitical points.

  • AM first day Tuesday 6th
  • AM Wednesday 7th
  • AM Monday 12th

The rest in world

DW in Leeds first two days
SW or MPG in Leeds for the 12th

Focus group on Tuesday 20th run by DW + Interview Ian and Graham.

17.00-17.30 Reviewing actions/next steps.

SW to give date for Workshop. 2nd week in June.

DW to mail round abstract from ALT-C etc

DW to give IT postcard for JISC conf.

DW to ask Daine and Andy about Eduserv day + offer to pay for Daniel to come.

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