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The CLIVE presentation at this year's Sloan-C/MERLOT/Moodle-moot Emerging Technologies conference: The MERLOT Virtual Worlds Taskforce has been collaborating for the last year to develop the Center for Learning in Virtual Environments MERLOT presence in Second Life, Project Wonderland, and other 3D Virtual Worlds. Join members of the taskforce in unveiling the virtual worlds- and web-based-tools and infrastructure for content and virtual worlds education professionals to identify, share, and showcase high quality 3D learning assets. Jonathon Richter Research Associate University of Oregon Session Information Pre-Conference Workshop Pre-Conference Workshop (1/2 day) July 20, 2010 - 9:00am Garden Room

John Seely Brown: "Even when children are high achievers and facile with new technology, many seem gradually to lose their sense of wonder and curiosity, notes John Seely Brown. Traditional educational methods may be smothering their innate drive to explore the world. Brown and like-minded colleagues are developing the underpinnings for a new 21st century pedagogy that broadens rather than narrows horizons. John Seely Brown, former chief scientist at Xerox, has morphed in recent years into the "Chief of Confusion," seeking "the right questions" in a range of fields, including education. He finds unusual sources for his questions: basketball and opera coaches, surfing and video game champions. He's gathered insights from unorthodox venues, and from more traditional classrooms, to paint quite a different picture of what learning might look like. The typical college lecture class frequently gathers many students together in a large room to be 'fed' knowledge, believes Brown. But studies show that "learning itself is socially constructed," and is most effective when students interact with and teach each other in manageable groups. Brown wants to open up "niche learning experiences" that draw on classic course material, but deepen it to be maximally enriching. In basketball and opera master classes, and in architecture labs, he has seen how individuals become acculturated in a "community of practice," learning to "be" rather than simply to "do." Whether performing, creating, or experimenting, students are critiqued, respond, offer their own criticism, and glean rich wisdom from a cyclical group experience. Brown says something "mysterious" may be taking place: "In deeply collective engagement in processes...you start to marinate in a problem space." Through communities of practice, students' minds "begin to gel up," even in the face of abstraction and unfamiliarity, and "all of a sudden, (the subject) starts to make se

virtual worlds growth to skyrocket

check out the list of news articles related to Open Education - the trend being pushed by a sinking economy and a Flat World. Tom Layton! YB Group! National Center!

check out the list of news articles related to Open Education - the trend being pushed by a sinking economy and a Flat World.

The Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium by Sloan-C, MERLOT, & Moodlemoot. Jonathon Richter will be there presenting with the rest of the MERLOT Virtual Worlds Taskforce fort the Grand Opening of the Center for Learning in Virtual Environments' MERLOT Teaching Commons and activities in Second Life, Open Wonderland, and other virtual worlds.

The Mayo Clinic explores the virtual world of Second Life. Conducting courses, simulating doctor/patient visits, and testing innovative designs for emergency rooms and medical clinics;

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1st iPhone app virtual world

virtual worlds: 1st iPhone app virtual world

ShuffleBrain is building smart games for a connected world. We're inspired by the recent explosion of Brain Games, and passionate about creating personalized, lightweight, socially connected games that keep you sharp.

Clay Shirky (here comes everybody): on TEDtalks re: how cognitive surplus can/is saving the world

Blog post about the CLIVE Virtual Safaris posted on Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable blog. The inaugural post to the "SuperSet" Feature on their blog too!

virtual worlds researchers group in Second Life

CBSS / supported text: Readability removes clutter (graphics, ads, buttons, etc.) around what you're trying to read on the world wide web

CBSS / supported text: Readability removes clutter (graphics, ads, buttons, etc.) around what you're trying to read on the world wide web

The Future of Education: a ning network "charting the course of teaching and learning in a networked world" - schedules of discussions by many of top leaders in digital learning: David Thornburg, Sir Ken Robinson, Dan Pink, Larry Johnson, James Paul Gee, Dave Edyburn, etc.

The World Bank's statistics on education

Curtis Bonk's "The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education"

Curt Bonk's blog: edtech professor at Indiana U and author of "The World is Open"

Data Visualization: Good (pushing the world forward)

Data Visualization: Good (pushing the world forward)

Byron Review: Safer Children in a Digital World (full report)

Byron Review: Safer Children in a Digital World (full report)