Week+Thirteen


 * Professional Issues**



This week, we will be visiting sites that deal with the professional issues in Instructional Design. Tours will be Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 4p.m. to 5 p.m.

Some of the issues in ID include: The development of reusable learning objects The emergence of new technologies Teacher development The economic conditions which is creating the need for more innovative technologies such as SL

First, we'll meet at the Jaguarland Bay Boat Welcome Center ([]). Please be on time, or you'll get left behind. From there, we'll teleport to Coalition Island. We'll tour their information/welcome center then spread out through their large complex. You'll probably want to make sure to befriend Learner Magic (Dr. Dempsey), Aevalle Galicia (Stasia) and Bama Xue (Rebecca) so we can quickly help you out if you need help.

The first site we will visit is pictured above, the Technology Museum of Innovation([]). This virtual museum is part of a larger project to invite all kinds of creative people--scientists, artists, SL and RL inventors--to create and realize exhibits for The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. We are currently soliciting ideas for exhibits for an upcoming exhibition on art, film, music, and technology. The best virtual exhibit concepts will be eligible for cash prizes and will be codeveloped as real exhibits for the physical museum.



The second site will be the Teacher Networking Center ([]). Meetings will be scheduled where educators of subject area and grade levels can get together in order to discuss real life issues in education. topics will include: Classroom management issues Lesson plans Web sites to use in RL instruction RL educational issues as well as SL education.



Finally we will visit Sloodleville ([]). Sloodle is an Open Source project, the aim of which is to bring together the learning support and management features of web-based LMS (Learning Management Systems, a.k.a. VLE or Virtual Learning Environment) with rich interactive game-technology based 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVE). Currently (early 2008) all Sloodle development is based on integrating Moodle and Second Life.

When you are writing your reflections think about: 1. What professional issues can be solved in SL?

2. Are there any other issues that you will anticipate in the next few years?

3. What can you research as students to solve the issues?

4. Is the economy the most important issue at this point?