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Team Project – Future Direction
Team Project – Future Direction
How much distance do we need to form an objective opinion? Photo by Tyler van der Hoeven on Unsplash.
As you prepare to leave college with your degree the prospect of seeking a fulfilling career will become increasingly important. Much is being written now about the changing nature of work. As long ago as 2012 Forbes suggested that Job Hopping is the New Normal for Millennials. But, the Guardian…
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Class 4: Team Project – New Direction
Class 4: Team Project – New Direction
Before starting the class John asked if everyone had read the brief and, while some of you had, many had not. So, everyone was asked to read it now. John also asked that you read the requirements of your submission in the Assessment Uniton Brightspace to ensure you are aware of the deadline for completion, assessment criteria, along with the part of the project that will be group-assessed and the…
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Class 3: Teamwork and Collaboration
Class 3: Teamwork and Collaboration
Sitearm Madonna presents the theory of teamwork and collaborative working.
John introduced Sitearm Madonna, our guest speaker on the topic of teamwork and collaboration this week. Site began by asking each of us to jot down one experience of poor teamwork and another positive experience of teamwork for later discussion. He then pointed us in the direction of a short video to introduce the topic.
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Class 2: Blogging to the World
Class 2: Blogging to the World
The second class of the semester gets underway as everyone settles down.
We had a few more students join us this week and John arranged for them to join the module group after class. But he began the class by showing the blogs set up by three of you so far and reminding everyone to read the assessment criteria for the assignment. You will see that it is a requirement to write a post every week.…
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Class 1: Welcome to Second Life
Class 1: Welcome to Second Life
The first class of the semester is always a little fraught as everyone is meeting in Second Life (SL) for the first time. Getting used to operating in this virtual environment takes a little while: trying to find the location of the class, learning how your avatar walks, talks or sits and trying to keep up with the content of the module can be an intense experience. But, after a week or two…
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Spring semester 2020
Welcome to the module ‘Virtual Environments: Is one life enough?’ being offered as an elective module to students of Technological University Dublin School of Creative Arts and Dublin School of Archtitecture.
Classes will start in February on Thursdays at 8:00 pm. We meet online every week at TU Dublin in Second Life. Please note: you will need a Mac or PC desktop or laptop to access Second Life…
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Team Projects
The presentations by the four teams were excellent. The Green, Yellow and Red teams opted to present live in class with the support of slides while the Blue team directed us to a YouTube video. Each participant contributed to the delivery and there were none of the glitches often associated with technology. Everything went smoothly and according to plan. Except for one thing: John recorded the…
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Class 11: Warning! Prof Noel Fitzpatrick (aka Oshinn), Head of Learning and Research Development, was interviewed by Acuppa Tae (aka John).
Class 10: Content Produser
Class 10: Content Produser
John was suffering from the beginnings of flu so asked the class to be patient and let me know if I get delirious and wander off the point. I had a comforting drink to keep the tickle from my throat and we opened the class with some feedback on the visit to Virtual Ability a few weeks ago.
Everyone agreed that it made you aware of the potential SL has for very real social engagement in ways you…
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Class 9: Presenting your Team Project
Class 9: Presenting your Team Project
Building a screen for showing slides in SL.
The class meeting this week reviewed the progress you are making on your projects and considered some of the practicalities of delivering it in Second Life.
There was at least one member of each Team in class (and all members of the Green Dog Team) so John asked for an update on progress. All teams have been meeting and considering what approach to…
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Class 8: Walking away…? Guest speaker Glenn Loughran (aka Feilimy) led the discussion about Ursula K Le Guin's short story…
Class 7: Online Communities and Relationships
Class 7: Online Communities and Relationships
Gentle Heron and the Virtual Ability Island community hosted our class this week.
Visiting an active community in Second Life is a privilege and always an interesting and informative experience. Gentle Heron, the founder of Virtual Ability Island, hosted us along with residents James Heartsong, Sullen Heartsong, Dorie Bernstein and Eme Capalini.
Gentle told us of the founding of the community…
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Class 6: My Avatar and Me – virtual identities
Class 6: My Avatar and Me – virtual identities
Who’s who in the digital environment and how do we know? The question posed by Locks Aichi in this week’s class.
Locks Aichi started the discussion by asking us ‘Who are you?’ She qualified it by suggesting we could respond as our avatars or our real selves. All the replies were short and to the point with some of you giving your avatar names and others your class name or the subject you are…
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Class 5: From Hammer to Pixel
Class 5: From Hammer to Pixel
Dudley Dreamscape led the class discussion on Marshall McLuhan.
This week we were joined by Dudley Dreamscape who led the class discussion about the influence of Marshall McLuhan on our thinking about digital media, online and virtual environments in the 21st Century. Introducing Dudley, John noted that along with Sitearm Madonna, he had a perfect score when he participated in the module some…
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Class 4: Team Project
Class 4: Team Project
The discussion started with students reporting back on the Team meetings you held during the week. Most teams had been able to make contact and commence communicating using a variety of tools. It soon became clear that the different parts of team work demand the use of different sets of tools.
Forming and Storming:Finding your team mates and commencing a dialogue is the first hurdle. Second…
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Class 3: Teamwork and Collaboration
Class 3: Teamwork and Collaboration
Sitearm Madonna shares his insights on teamwork with the class.
Sitearm Madonna joined the class this week to talk about teamwork and collaboration, both generally and virtually. His experience in the global oil industry and also in virtual worlds has enabled him to formulate a practical approach to collaboration which he supports with references to the vast amount of academic writing on the…
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Class 2: Blogging to the World
Class 2: Blogging to the World
Strolling through a forest in Second Life
Many of you have submitted your blogs which are now listed on page 9 (see the link in the right-hand column). You should have a look at each others blogs and post comments on them. You might even have a look over some of the blogs by past participants on the module. John asked those who have not yet sent him a link to their blogs to do so now. He also…
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