MUVE education at NMIT– VLENZ Update, No 176, August 11, 2010

New Zealand  MUVE activity NMIT launches  course covering 3d immersive environments The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology  has successfully launched and is into the fourth week of an online course on multi-user three dimensional virtual environments (MUVEs) and their relationships to other multi-user technologies. The 16 students, enrolled in the course (A&M624, Immersive 3D Environments), [...]

SLENZ, VLENZ Update, No 170, April 22, 2010

Latest  SLENZ  Project/NZ VW news SLENZ Project  may be over but lecturers still use the builds Foundation Learning  in use, free builds popular, viewing  by Indian Minister The Wellington-based  Natraj School of Dance welcomes the Hon. Minster Sibal and Indian delegates to WelTec. The Second Life Education New Zealand Project may have been concluded but [...]

SLENZ PROJECT EVALUATION, VLENZ 165, Mar 10, 2010

SLENZ PROJECT EVALUATION RELEASED SL Research project ‘successful’ but marred by technical difficulties  … Full PDF of Evaluation Report available here The SLENZ team achieved “a remarkable success in creating and delivering” the core of the SLENZ Project, according to the official evaluation report of the $NZ500,000, Second Life  research programme released today. This was [...]

VLENZ Update, No 161, February 02, 2010

VLENZ PROJECT Steering Committee named for  new VLENZ Group A new steering committee, which includes some of  New Zealand’s  leading virtual world researchers and educators,  has been named to head  the Virtual Life Education New Zealand (VLENZ) group, formed after the finish of SLENZ Project. The  new leadership group is:  Dr Clare Atkins, of Nelson-Marlborough [...]

SLENZ Update, No 158, December 23, 2009

THE SLENZ PROJECT Yay! It’s a 2nd runner-up EDUBLOG ‘Oscar’ to  SLENZ  Project Team ‘Phenomenal’ result for team from Aotearoa/New Zealand The SLENZ Project Team at work … the final 2009 meeting.  Key players, Terry Neal and Aaron Griffiths at the head of the table, and Dr Clare Atkins, in black, left. A chance meeting [...]

SLENZ Update, No 153, November 25, 2009

THE SLENZ  PROJECT: Formal  in-world Maori Kaumatua’s ‘blessing’  for Foundation build Is this a world first? Historic moment: Kaumatua Matua Wati Ratana  in two places at once – he also is in SL as  Matua (Teacher) Mistwood.* For what is believed to be the first time in the history of Second Life,  and probably in [...]

SLENZ Update, No 149, November 7, 2009

ATKINS ADVICE TO POLYTECHS/UNIVERSITIES Collaboration is key to making virtual education work in NZ Nurse educators  ‘convinced’ of value – the question is, how best to use it. NZ nurse educators at the Wellington SLENZ meeting. Collaboration between tertiary educational institutions in the implementation  of  virtual world education scenarios is the key to making them [...]

SLENZ Update, No 143, October 8, 2009

THE SLENZ WORKSHOPS AT Teaching and Learning/eFest 2009 -2 MUVEing towards collaboration – the benefits and pitfalls of working as a collaborative teaching in a Multi-user Virtual Environment,” and “In-world, meets the real world – the trials and tribulations of bringing Second Life to an ITP,” presented by Merle Lemon, lead educator in foundation learning, [...]

SLENZ Update, No 142, October 6, 2009

THE SLENZ WORKSHOPS AT Teaching and Learning/eFest 2009 Five lessons from the creation of education pilots  in Second Life SL’s Arwenna Stardust and RL’s Dr Clare Atkins make a point. The five SLENZ Project workshops attended by mainstream tertiary educators at  the  annual, national Teaching  and Learning/eFest 2009 conference, at UCOL, Palmerston North, New Zealand, [...]

SLENZ Update, No 141, October 6, 2009

THE SLENZ PROJECT SLENZ teams finds new ‘acceptance, enthusiasm’  at    education  gabfest … Need seen to retain team skills, post-SLENZ Project Almost full house … Aaron Griffiths details a Developer’s work. as the SLENZ Lead Developer/builder. Growing “acceptance” of Second Life as an education medium  and a new  “enthusiasm” for  virtual world education  was [...]