August 17, 2007
Just a quick reminder about the MUVE meeting at LeedsMet this Tuesday coming. Here are the details:12 noonTuesday 21st AugustRoom H917H-BuildingCivic QuarterCalverley StreetLeeds LS1 is also a Second Life based meeting on Monday 20th at 12 noon for anyone unable to make it up to Leeds in person. This will take place on the LeedsMet ...
July 29, 2007
There are two meetings lined up in August for anyone keen to discuss MUVE projects and bids. Second Life Meeting:Date:Monday 20th AugustLocation:Leeds Met sim,Second Life. noon BST. Real Life Meeting:Date:Tuesday 21th AugustLocation:H919H-BuildingCivic QuarterCalverley StreetLeeds Metropolitan UniversityLS1 noon BST.Lunch provided. Please indicate below if you plan to ...
July 20, 2007
Eduserv has just released John Kirriemuir's snapshot of Second Life educational developments in the UK: just had a quick scan through it, but it looks like it provides a very useful overview of current SL ...
July 19, 2007
I've put an meetomatic in place for the last two weeks of August which seem to be favorite for a cluster meeting. Please goto and fill in the days you can do.We can choose a venue when we have a date. Plus we can buy some nice cakes for ...
July 17, 2007
Henry Jenkins gave an insightful talk on day two of the Games Learning and Society conference about New Media Literacy’s. As with much of the conference the focus was on secondary school level education but as the discussion brought out, the general principles apply at all levels. The ‘digital divide’ is no longer such a big ...
July 17, 2007
Just wondering if I have missed something but have any dates and a venue been setup to continue the discussions on possible projects in the MUVE area? - following on from the discussions in Manchester. If not I am happy to host a meeting here at Adastral Park (near Ipswich) but it would have to be before 27th July ...
July 12, 2007
So I'm here at day 1 of the GLS conference. James Paul Gees opening talk was interesting, it covered alot of the ground my talk tomorrow will cover (is this good or bad?). He liked the phrase 'Fail Early, Fail Often' which is what games allow us to do. This he argued was a good way to learn but ...
June 11, 2007
If the online event sparked an interest in MUVEs or, if like Miles Metcalfe you are wondering what the point of Second Life is, then it might be worth signing up for the ‘Second Life Educators Digest’ mailing list. This is a very active list, and covers a wide range of topics that are relevant to education and MUVEs. ...
May 25, 2007
Following on from Stevens post… I’m trying to piece together current thinking on MUVEs both positive and negative. This is partially for a talk I’m giving about MUVEs on Tuesday and also to start shaping up more distinctive themes to present in some form in the emerge online activity days. I have a big bag of my own ideas ...