Are you in UK Higher or Further Education, and active in virtual worlds? This could be either:
- Researching their use in teaching and learning
- Developing educational constructs
- Using virtual worlds for educational purposes
- Studying virtual worlds
- … or perhaps some other application or use of this environment
Fancy a bit of publicity for your virtual world work? And also possibly winning a 20 pound book token?
If so, we would like to hear from you. Tell us what you are doing and how it is going. If you are more comfortable with a framework of questions, here’s one (all are optional):
- Who are you and what university or college are you based in?
- Which virtual worlds are you using, and for what purpose?
- How many students (if applicable) have used your particular virtual world application? What were their experiences?
- What has been the experience inside your institution, and the attitude of your peers, towards your virtual world usage?
- Have you had any technical support, or hindrances, from within your institution?
- Do you have any future plans for virtual world usage, especially in teaching and learning, inside your institution?
Please email [log in to unmask] with your response. Thank you.
Relevant content will make it into the next report, so you can email in what you are up to at any time. Some content may also be blogged about here on the Virtual World Watch website, which gives you more publicity for your work.
However, *RELEVANT SUBMISSIONS BY APRIL 20TH WILL MAKE IT INTO THE NEXT SNAPSHOT* Though it would be nice if you didn't wait until then, as, c'mon, you know you'll forget about it or something else will come up :-) Hey, why not do it this afternoon?
And ... submissions received by April 20th will be entered into a draw for the 20 pound book token!
As well as helping to build up a more representative idea of developments and trends in UK academia, responses also help provide information of use to potential 'wannabe' developers in academia, especially those trying to make an internal or external case for such activities.
In addition, VWW tries to get developers connected with other like-minded academics, such as those working in the same subject area or using the same virtual world.
Virtual World Watch is online at www.virtualworldwatch.net and is currently funded by those nice people at Eduserv: www.eduserv.org.uk/research
So say we all,
John Kirriemuir
Virtual World Watch
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