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, [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 82, May 15, 2009

The reality of unreality When an avatar changes his/her appearance Tere Tinkel aka RL, Terry Neal Immersed in Second Life one thing you notice, as in the real world, is when another resident changes his or her appearance – especially if they  are close to you, as in a work or social relationship. I don’t mean [...]

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 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 45, February 10, 2009

SLENZ pilot progress An outsider’s view … The creation and melding together of the design and development phases of the SLENZ pilot programmes has proven a slightly more difficult process for the SLENZ team than initially envisaged. “We are making progress, albeit slower than I anticipated or would have liked,” joint project leader Terry Neal [...]

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 28, November 24, 2008

YOU ARE INVITED ‘Open’ SLENZ workshop New Zealand’s leading virtual world learning research group, Second Life Education New Zealand (SLENZ), has invited interested educators in both Second Life and “real life” to attend a one-day workshop in Wellington, New Zealand. The open workshop will be held on Wellington Institute of Technology’s Wellington campus and in [...]

The SLENZ Update – No 25, November 15, 2008

SLENZ NAMES ‘PILOT PROJECTS’ The SLENZ project steering group has chosen  educational institutions at opposite ends of  New Zealand as the successful applicants for the first two innovative pilot education projects in Second Life. The two projects, named to participate in the SLENZ project are the Manukau Institute of Technology, with a foundation learning proposal [...]

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, [...]