I hate to admit it, but I have been kind of a hermit in Second Life. I know, it is supposed to be immersive and social and interactive with other avatars. My problem has been that I have good computer access around 4am CST. I find that there aren’t as many people on Second Life…
Category: Boise State Class
Holodeck in Second Life
After the class last week, I really want to explore creating a holodeck! I was wondering just how much you could do in a small space — like on First Land without land tier fees (512sq m). I went back to work and used one of our newest computers with our T1 connection. WOW what…
Cognititon and Gaming
As I read through Chapters 5-6 of the Gibson et al text, I collected these thoughts: 3D Learning Environments — depending upon age and computer experience; learners have different ways of understanind a 3D learning environment. For the Gen Y’ers it is second nature to them — intuitively understood. For the newest generation, I am…
Digital Immigrants vs. Digital Natives — I’m a Digital Pioneer!
There is talk about the “Digital Divide” in our classrooms. Digital immigrants are defined as those people who did not grow up with computers. Considering the IBM Personal Computer came into being August 12, 1981 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC), digital natives would need to have been born after that time. And it was some time after that as…
WIIFM?
My professor, Barry Bratton at the University of Iowa always wanted us to think about the “WIIFMs” when we designed instruction. “WIIFM” stands for What’s in it for Me??? It is pronounced “wiff-em.” I thought about that when I read fellow classmate (Jim’s) posting on our class discussion board. He was relating to us a story…
Scavenger Hunt in Second Life
Tonight in our class, we had introductions and discussion in the treehouse area. As the sun went down, we did a “Force Sun” and went on a Scavenger hunt. Through notecards and teleports, we navigated through some very interesting places. I found myself very frustrated at the rate of refresh on some areas (the fountain…
Instructional Design Theory
As one of our first assignments, we were asked to create our own Instructional Design Theory. I focused mine specifically on the theory as it is applied to Game Development. Here is what I developed: IDTheory-LoriWalljasper.pdf
Instructional Design Musings
Well, it has been 17 years since I received my Masters Degree in Instructional Design and Techonogy from the University of Iowa! Now enrolled in this class at Boise State, I realize that I hadn’t been doing much literature reading in the ID area in quite some time! As I was reading through the Games…
Come Visit Our Campus in Second Life
Designing Digitally has helped us establish a virtual presence in Second Life. Come and visit us!
Books for the Online Gaming and Simulation in Virtual Worlds Class
Here are the books I am using for my class.