Wow - well, there is SO much stuff out there to tap into on teaching in virtual worlds. First off, you want to check out ARVEL, which is an AERA SIG. There is also the EDUCAUSE Virtual Worlds Constituent Group (disclaimer: I founded this CG for them about 5 years ago) - CG's are EDUCAUSE's version of SIGs. There is also the Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable, which meets every week in Second Life and talks about issues that pertain to education (declaimer again, I'm the founder and chief moderator of the group). You can find more info at http://www.vwer.org (I accidentally borked the site design while trying to do a WP theme update the other day, so forgive the format) There are over three years worth of meeting transcripts in our Library on a vast number of subjects. If you're really brave, you can join the Second Life Educators List - its a listserve put together by Linden Lab (creators of SL) for educators. There are over 6000 members, but it can be very noisy, so I'd subscribe with an email account you don't use all the time (or go digest) - https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators You can also try the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research http://www. jvwresearch.org/ and the Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education http:// www.jvwe.org/ If you don't find what you are looking for there, let me know, I can probably point you to someone working in that area. p.s. - I believe all of the above mentioned organizations have a presence on Facebook. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Havice, Michael < michael.havice@marquette.edu> wrote:

Hi Everyone:

I'm responding to Airong Wang's request.

I am investigating how to teach in virtual worlds. While didactic approaches appear more easy to accomplish in virtual worlds; I am looking into how teachers might use active learning or problem based learning strategies to engage students.

Airwong Wang: Contact me if you would like to share theories and methodologies you are investigating. michael.havice@marquette.edu

Of course, I am interested in conversations with anyone researching how to teach/learn in virtual environments.

Thank you.

Dr. Michael Havice Broadcast & Electronic Communication Marquette University, USA

-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Wang Airong Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 2:07 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] looking for a English course running next year in SL or in 3D Virtual World

Hi all,

I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Sweden majoring in subject didactics. I am looking for an English course running in Second Life or in another 3D virtual world to collect data for my doctoral thesis. I am very appreciated that if you know a course of this kind, you would like to share some information with me.

Thanks!

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