Valerie Hill presents for the 4th Annual VCARA Conference - Digital Stewardship & Knowledge Dissemination in the 21st Century - May 22, 2013

1. Virtual Worlds: Immersive
Learning and MOOCs
Valerie Hill, Ph.D.
LISD Librarian & TWU Professor SLIS
Valibrarian Gregg (in SL)
VCARA 2013

2. Texas Library Association
SL Community Group Projects
• Virtual Texas- Spring 2011
• Virtual Tornado- Fall 2011
• Maya Island Exhibit- Spring 2012
Exhibits and Live Tours held
at the Community Virtual
Library Exhibition Area.

3. Summer 2012
Museum built by Jo Teeuwisse,
an historical consultant in Amsterdam.

4. Tours for Summer in Berlin 2012
July 14th 1pm and August 5th 1pm

5. Fall 2012: Museum of
Virtual Media (built by UW
iSchool students)

6. Spring 2013: Math in 3D

7. Coming to CVL Exhibition Area
Summer 2013
Explore MARS on
the Mars Rover in
3D alone or with
others during a
live tour.

8. Virtual World Learning:
Synchronous or Asynchronous

11. Coursera MOOC

12. MOOC Classmates

14. Can a MOOC take place in
a virtual world?
• Massive (virtual worlds can hold only so
many avatars)
• Open (virtual worlds are open on a global
scale)
• Online (virtual worlds are online)
• Courses (Courses can take place- both
synchronous and asychronous)

15. Anne Frank MOOC
Immersive learning
in 3D
Weekly assignments
in online course
Global interactivity

16. Mixed Reality & Media Formats

17. Experience History in 3D

18. Collaboration Across Distance
Meeting for “class
in the park in
Amsterdam”

21. Exploration of new media is like
“entering the book”.

22. Personal Reflection
Immersion in the
experience can help
students understand
history on a
deep, personal level.

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