Comments on: Second Life, What do the Students Think http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2010/01/08/second-life-what-do-the-students-think/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2010/01/08/second-life-what-do-the-students-think/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Eric Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:47:51 +0000 http://www.mydebitcredit.com/?p=72#comment-244 Great coursework, fantastic study. As said upthread, different channels for different learning affinities. Great coursework, fantastic study. As said upthread, different channels for different learning affinities.

]]> By: JennFor http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2010/01/08/second-life-what-do-the-students-think/comment-page-1/#comment-240 JennFor Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:24:19 +0000 http://www.mydebitcredit.com/?p=72#comment-240 Just as in any learning experience, you'll have differing personalities and styles of accessing information. Second Life opens some channels and overwhelms others. The key is to recognize it's strengths and not expect it to serve all participants in the same manner. That said, I remain impressed at the ability of virtual environment's to shift our perceptions, and create trans-formative change. Just as in any learning experience, you’ll have differing personalities and styles of accessing information. Second Life opens some channels and overwhelms others. The key is to recognize it’s strengths and not expect it to serve all participants in the same manner. That said, I remain impressed at the ability of virtual environment’s to shift our perceptions, and create trans-formative change.

]]> By: Peter Miller http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2010/01/08/second-life-what-do-the-students-think/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Peter Miller Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:15:24 +0000 http://www.mydebitcredit.com/?p=72#comment-238 That 25% or so of students don't "get" SL seems to be a recurring theme in mant courses. However, I believe the Loyalist College folk have overcome it to some extent with their Canadian Border Crossing sim so I don't think we should assume it is a given. I agree that further data on this aspect would be very valuable. Nice work, Steve -- I'm in awe of your class management skills. That 25% or so of students don’t “get” SL seems to be a recurring theme in mant courses. However, I believe the Loyalist College folk have overcome it to some extent with their Canadian Border Crossing sim so I don’t think we should assume it is a given. I agree that further data on this aspect would be very valuable. Nice work, Steve — I’m in awe of your class management skills.

]]> By: Joel Foner http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2010/01/08/second-life-what-do-the-students-think/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Joel Foner Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:36:35 +0000 http://www.mydebitcredit.com/?p=72#comment-235 It's interesting to see the numbers behind these efforts. Do you have any idea what the primary issues were for the 27-28% who were in the disagree or strongly disagree category? In case this is helpful for folks, I wrote a blog post showing how to optimize the Second Life viewer for lower performance machines - feel free to hand it around if it's useful: http://joelfoner.com/2009/12/8-ways-to-make-low-perf-computer-second-life-faster/ (It's actually 10 ways now :) Best regards, Joel It’s interesting to see the numbers behind these efforts. Do you have any idea what the primary issues were for the 27-28% who were in the disagree or strongly disagree category?

In case this is helpful for folks, I wrote a blog post showing how to optimize the Second Life viewer for lower performance machines – feel free to hand it around if it’s useful:
http://joelfoner.com/2009/12/8-ways-to-make-low-perf-computer-second-life-faster/ (It’s actually 10 ways now :)

Best regards,

Joel

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