The SLENZ Update – No 109, July 07, 2009

SLENZ PROGRESS Otago’s birthing centre pilot goes live with real students Open for class…  SLENZ Project lead developer Isa goodman (RL: Aaron Griffiths) “polishes”  the  Te Wāhi Whānau (The Birth Centre) build before students “arrive”. Otago Polytechnic and  Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology midwifery students have begun taking part of their midwifery course on the [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 75 , May 1, 2009

The Birthing Unit – Te Wahi Whanau Video is a great introduction The SLENZ Project’s Birthing Unit  – Te Wahi Whanau – has been given a great introduction with the release on April 30  of  a  a video  which explains  simply and cogently why and how the pilot midwifery project has evolved. “I think it is [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 64, April 2, 2009

THOSE SLENZ BUILDS Getting immersive realism on the SL ground The “real” thing … the drapes and Isa Goodman AN essential ingredient of getting the SLENZ Project  off  the ground  has been to ensure the builds have enough realism to ensure a “suspension of disbelief” occurs, according to the project’s lead developer, Aaron Griffiths (SL: Isa [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 55, March 11, 2009

SLENZ Project progress Gearing up for RL face-to-face … Gearing up for a face-to-face meeting in Wellington, New Zealand,  in two weeks time ( March 23-24) the SLENZ Project team is  now moving  steadily forward with its three pilot programmes – Foundation learning, Midwifery and Orientation – according to joint project leader, Terry Neal (SL: [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 46, February 16, 2009

Making SLENZ work! Learning by doing Learning by doing … Aaron Griffiths, building developer, Terry Neal, joint project leader, and Merle Lemon, lead educator (foundation leaning). Background: Sarah Stewart (lead educator midwifery). The SLENZ project team has continued to test and modify the design and development processes, despite some on-going communication challenges which are similar [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 35, December 22, 2008

SLENZ Workshop: One viewpoint Workshop: Building designer, Aaron Griffiths, joint project leader (RL) Terry Neal, and lead educator Merle Lemon work on the details. Blood, sweat but no tears The SLENZ workshop held in Wellington, New Zealand, mid-December achieved the goal set for it – the initial establishment of the learning activities needed to achieve [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 22, November 05, 2008

Three members of the SLENZ Project selection panel at work. Aaron Griffths (Isa Goodman), Dr Clare Atkins ( Arwenna Stardust) and Leigh Blackall (Leroy Goalpost) Three on SLENZ shortlist Three New Zealand education/training institutions have been “shortlisted” for the Second Life Education New Zealand Project. The project, funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission, [...]