http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vvvv/2006/10/10/techniques-in-virtual-lecturing/ learning, teaching, and virtual technologies Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:50:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vvvv/2006/10/10/techniques-in-virtual-lecturing/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Ross Perkins Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:07:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/vvvv/2006/10/10/techniques-in-virtual-lecturing/#comment-11 The comments you make about needing lecture - or at least directive chat - are very important, and as you also point out, require quite a bit of preparation on part of the facilitator/teacher. The Chat HUD available in Second Life might feel "scripted," to some - but I used it precisely to demonstrate how much it can help. I cannot at the moment recall who donated that chat feeder to the ICT Library, but anyone who uses it should consider thanking the creator. One can pick up a version there, as personal copies have a "no transfer" setting on the script. The whiteboard by AngryBeth Shortbread is also quite a useful tool. The voice aspect of There (and probably eventually in SL) is better for facilitation, but one immediately runs up against archiving of comments, etc. ...I agree completely with the need for a threaded chat capacity - in large groups discussions often go a dozen ways unless there is strict moderation (and even then it can get hairy). The comments you make about needing lecture – or at least directive chat – are very important, and as you also point out, require quite a bit of preparation on part of the facilitator/teacher. The Chat HUD available in Second Life might feel “scripted,” to some – but I used it precisely to demonstrate how much it can help. I cannot at the moment recall who donated that chat feeder to the ICT Library, but anyone who uses it should consider thanking the creator. One can pick up a version there, as personal copies have a “no transfer” setting on the script. The whiteboard by AngryBeth Shortbread is also quite a useful tool. The voice aspect of There (and probably eventually in SL) is better for facilitation, but one immediately runs up against archiving of comments, etc. …I agree completely with the need for a threaded chat capacity – in large groups discussions often go a dozen ways unless there is strict moderation (and even then it can get hairy).

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