Wisconsin Union Blend

Joanna Robinson from the Great Northern Way Campus talked about the challenges of teaching in and constructing a new, physical complex for instruction in digital media while simultaneously building a virtual space for it in Second Life.

She did an admirable job especially for someone who is only 26 (I wish I had her confidence when I was that young) but I also wish she would have talked more about the pedagogy behind the participatory culture. I think people see the SL avatars, the slick marketing videos, and hear the funny stories about the “crazy” things that happen in virtual worlds and lose sight of the pedagogical value of these spaces and how that same value applies to our physical spaces.

My takeaway quote from her session: Build around your learning objectives.

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