Posted on November 7, 2009 by johnwaugh
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 economic, effective and successful in a [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2009 by johnwaugh
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, last week, provided some [...]
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Posted on September 28, 2009 by johnwaugh
THE SLENZ PROJECT
Virtual world makes mastering
interview skills much easier
… when virtual ‘really feels real’
“Fabulous”, “amazing” and “fantastic” were only three of the superlatives used by the more than 20 educators and researchers who toured the SLENZ Project’s two builds on Kowhai in Second Life and listened to commentary from educators, developers [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2008 by johnwaugh
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 Second Life from [...]
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