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Instructional design in science education

Entries from November 2007

Class Management

November 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Challenge: Keeping track of and managing students in SL.
Outspoken students can approach instructors on multiple fronts while quite students may get lost in the static and unmotivated students might check out sort inventory, angel about, IM, or do any number of things in RL. Teachers in RL classrooms have developed techniques for interacting with their [...]

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Week 10

November 7th, 2007 · No Comments

Most of the assessment techniques hinge on polls or similar feedback mechanism that collect user input. On the surface they seem limited to lower order thinking skills – and many of the examples showcase knowledge-based assessment. This seems contradictory to the rich environment the second life provides. That is, we have access to an environment [...]

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