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Tarmo Toikkanen

What educational question is Second Life the answer to? - 0 views

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  • In another session Shailey Minocha and Rita Tingle discussed the importance of a sense of presence and a sense of place which are harder to achieve in a 2D environment. They also suggest from their research that activities in Second Life don’t actually enhance learning in themselves but by creating a sense of community and common purpose they can build motivation in learners which then leads to better learning.
  • it’s amazing how included you feel…I would never have been able to take part in the activities offered by the OU if they hadn’t been in Second Life…everyone joins in and really helps me learn
  • The avatar becomes an extension of the self and people in her Glasgow evening classes call each other by their avatar names. Kath feels that people’s identity is more real in Second Life somehow than in their Facebook presence.
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  • Maggie Savin-Baden from Coventry reports that students think play is important but perceive that staff think it’s a distraction from learning.
  • There is no doubt that virtual worlds are enhancing social contact and quickly become as real to their participants as “real” communication. If you don’t believe this think how much we believe we’re hearing someone’s voice when we pick up the telephone. It’s just a reproduction of their voice transported in multiple ways through complex communication networks but we con ourselves into thinking we’re actually hearing their voice.
  • Edward Castranova quotes Gartner’s prediction that by 2011 80% of web users will use an avatar and have a “second life”.
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 22 Nov 08
     
    Analyysia Second Lifen hyödyistä opetuksessa.
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 22 Nov 08
     
    Research shows that activities in Second Life don't actually enhance learning in themselves but by creating a sense of community and common purpose they can build motivation in learners which then leads to better learning.
Tarmo Toikkanen

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Web 3D: Students using OpenSim Reflect on the Pressing Issues th... - 0 views

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shared by Tarmo Toikkanen on 12 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 12 Feb 09
     
    Kokemuksia Second Lifen käytöstä opetuksessa, mukaanlukien oppilaiden omia videohaastatteluita. Käytössä on OpenSim, eli ei-kaupallinen virtuaalimaailma, joka toimii Second Lifen tavoin (ja samalla asiakasohjelmallakin tarvittaessa).
  • Tarmo Toikkanen on 12 Feb 09
     
    Vicki Davis reflects on their students' use of Second Life (OpenSim), and related pedagogical concerns.
Tero Toivanen

Second Life for Educators by Ashley Tan on Prezi - 1 views

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  • Tero Toivanen on 28 Feb 10
     
    Prezi-esitys Second Life:sta opettajille.
Tero Toivanen

Cool places in Second Life Guide 2010 « Daniel Voyager's Blog - 0 views

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Second Life Guide 2010 Daniel Voyager

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  • Tero Toivanen on 11 Jan 10
     
    Minne mennä Second Life:ssa? Tässä Daniel Voyager:in ehdotukset.
Tero Toivanen

Languages smarten up your brain - Guardian Weekly - 1 views

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shared by Tero Toivanen on 14 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Now a study published by the European Commission reveals that learning an additional language such as English may bring benefits that go beyond the ability to use the language itself. This report has implications for why, when and how we teach and learn English as a second or foreign ­language.
  • One of the significant findings for English language teaching is that changes in the brain’s electrical activity may occur much earlier than previously thought.
  • this study suggests that changes in the brain may start even in the earlier stages of language learning.
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  • Most of the advantages ­described support overall competence-building for life and work in modern, information-rich, internet environments.
  • The benefits reported include enhanced capacity for learning whereby knowledge of languages can lead to superior memory function, especially short-term “working” memory.
  • Another cluster concerns enhanced mental flexibility.
  • Enhanced problem-solving capability is also reported.
  • Greater understanding of how language functions and is used to achieve specific goals in life acts as the fourth cluster.
  • Finally the study reports on research that links knowledge of languages to a slowdown of age-related mental diminishment such as certain forms of dementia.
  • The cognitive neurosciences stress the need for powerful learning environments, and yet not enough of our language education is spent encouraging learners to engage in higher-order thinking about meaningful content that fires up the brain.
  • Tero Toivanen on 14 Feb 10
     
    Most people learn languages to help them communicate. Now a study of recent research into brain function reveals that students could be gaining a lot more from their pursuit of linguistic skills, says David Marsh
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