Posted on May 15, 2009 by johnwaugh
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 just a little tweak [...]
Filed under: Online identity, SLENZ Project, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Atkins, avatar appearance, Blackall, Cochrane, Griffths, Lemon, Neal, Second Life, SLENZ Project, Stewart | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 12, 2009 by johnwaugh
MIDWIFERY TUTORS ‘ENTHUSIASTIC’
Exciting introduction to SL with bonding and play
Trainers, Dr Clare Atkins and Todd Cochrane with Kate Spencely, Dr Deborah Davis
and Sarah Stuart. (Pictures from Sarah Stewart)
The importance of a time for “play” when people are initiated into Second Life was reinforced for the SLENZ Project’s joint leader, Dr Clare Atkins (SL: Arwenna Stardust), when [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds, SLENZ Project, Virtual Worlds | Tagged: Atkins, Blackall, Cochrane, Davis, Koru, Kowhai, midwifery, NMIT, Otago, Otago Polytech, Spencely, Stewart, Weltec | 1 Comment »
Posted on March 11, 2009 by johnwaugh
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: Terre Tinkel) in [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by johnwaugh
A pattern of NZ islands?
Long White Cloud
The original initiators of the SLENZ Project, Dr Clare Atkins (SL: Arwenna Stardust), joint project leader, and Aaron Griffiths (SL: Isa Goodman), lead developer, have always dreamed of creating an Aotearoa -New Zealand education archipelago within Second Life.
It now seems that their dream is about to come true with [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds | Tagged: Atkins, Blackall, Boise, Davis, Dierner, Educause, Griffith, Koru, Kowhai, Long white cloud, midwifery, Nelson-Marlborough Insitute of technology, NMIT, QUT, slenz, SLENZ Project, Stewart, University of Auckland, University of Wollongong | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 16, 2009 by johnwaugh
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 to those faced [...]
Filed under: Education in Second Life, Education in virtual worlds, SLENZ Project | Tagged: Atkins, communications, CPD, Griffiths, Hulser, Jennings, Kemp, Kirriemuir, LIANZA, Linden Labs, Livingstone, Luo, Neal, Ogborn, Second Life, slenz, SLENZ Project, SLENZ Project Development Roadmap, Stardust, Stewart, Trevenna | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 10, 2009 by johnwaugh
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 (pictured right) said [...]
Filed under: Education, Education in Second Life, SLENZ Project | Tagged: 3DXplorer, ActiveWorlds, Atkins, Ball State, Blackall, CleverZebra, Cochrane, Foundation learning, Kelley Executive Partners, kzero, Lemon, midwifery, Mitham, Multiverse, Neal, OLIVE, OpenSim, Project Wonderland, Protosphere, Quaq Forums, Robbins, SecondLife, SL, Stewart, team communication, Tully, Vastpark, Virtual Worlds, web.alive, Wilson | 2 Comments »
Posted on January 20, 2009 by johnwaugh
Birth Centre takes shape
The beginning …
The SLENZ project’s “ideal birthing unit” is taking shape quickly with the basic walls constructed on the floor plan and already trialed for ease of avatar use (movement, camera views etc).
The trials were done by Aaron Griffiths (SL: Isa Goodman), the Lead Developer for the SLENZ Project, Deborah Davis (Aastra [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2008 by johnwaugh
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 Project objectives.
The three-day [...]
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