EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group

Language learning and teaching in virtual worlds

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Hi everybody, Hi everybody, anybody around teaching through Augmented Reality Language Learning? what does it mean in practice? and how does it differ from learning invirtual worlds? I'd greatly appreciate your comments if you are familiar with thi…

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David Richardson added a blog post

Diary of a Second Life English Teacher … Part 7

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cem balcikanli added a blog post

Call for papers - special issue of Language Learning & Technology on 'Learner Autonomy and New Learning Environments

yesterday

Nergiz Kern commented on Graham Davies's photo 'Forest Holodeck'

It's such a lovely and relaxing place. Randall is a master scene creator.

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cem balcikanli added a blog post

Call for papers - special issue of Language Learning & Technology on 'Learner Autonomy and New Learning Environments'

on Sunday

Ann Sonya Gavriel is now a member of EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group

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February 2

wade halvorson is now a member of EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group

Welcome Them!

February 1

Graham Davies commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

Nergiz wrote: "That's a fantastic idea, Graham! This could be the first step before they have to write their own scripts. But how exactly did she do the matching? When you take the tour, you can read the text anyway." I sat with her while the text…

January 28

Nergiz Kern commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

This is becoming exciting! So, we have now the language they will need for the project (the script) and then the language they need to communicate with each other (We should… What if we…; colours, directions, etc). First, they could be asked to fin…

January 27

Randall Sadler added a blog post

New meeting area at CALICO--Temple Seating

Greetings all, If you are looking for a place to hold a meeting, I've just added a new scene to the CALICO/EUROCALL holodecks. This "temple seating" (see below) takes place is a Greek-esque temple, complete with some classical statues. The table au…

January 27

Randall Sadler commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

Wow, both great ideas! I suppose part of the language learning process could also be for the students to discuss what "should" be included in the tour and why. The teacher (tour owner) could then set it up accordingly, and then the students would ma…

January 27

Nergiz Kern commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

That's a fantastic idea, Graham! This could be the first step before they have to write their own scripts. But how exactly did she do the matching? When you take the tour, you can read the text anyway.

January 27

Graham Davies commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

Sounds like a good idea, Nergiz. I think it's better for students to do the planning and the writing of the script rather than getting involved in actually programming the tour. The script of tours can be useful in other ways. I donwloaded the scrip…

January 27

Nergiz Kern commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

Thanks, Randall! Hm, that means students wouldn't be easily able to program a tour. But they could be asked to write the tour description :-) Then, their peers could take the tour and feedback on how good the descriptions were. The tours could also…

January 26

Graham Davies commented on Randall Sadler's blog post 'EduNation Tour via hot air balloon'

OK, Randall, I see you've corrected the SLURL. Greetings from the snowy Austrian Tyrol. There were dozens of real hot air balloons here yesterday - some kind of balloon rally, I guess. I've found several places in SL that offer a tour, e.g. Munich,…

January 26

About the Virtual Worlds SIG

The EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group aims to explore the possibilities of language learning and teaching in virtual worlds such as
Second Life. Our Welcome Pavilion in Second Life is located here:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation%20III/31/35/22

If you are new to Second Life see the ICT4LT website, Section 14.2.1, Module 1.5.

You may also be interested in these two EUROCALL SIGs:
EUROCALL CMC SIG: http://cmcsig.ning.com
EUROCALL Teacher Education SIG: http://eurocallteachereducation.ning.com

Groovy Winkler and Randall Renoir (Graham Davies and Randall Sadler)

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Augmented Reality Language Learning?

Hi everybody, 

Hi everybody, 
anybody around teaching through Augmented Reality Language Learning? 
what does it mean in practice? and how does it differ from learning in
virtual worlds? 
I'd greatly appreciate your comments  if you are familiar with this and
using it already (the benefits, the ways of use etc..
Thanks 
CEm

Posted by cem balcikanli on February 10, 2010 at 2:19am

Diary of a Second Life English Teacher … Part 7

The spring Business Talking course started last Thursday with the course launch. Between 3pm and 6pm our time we had 63 avatars in total on Kamimo, with about 40 Americans there to find about 20 'Swedish' buddies, so that they could whisk them away and get extra credit for recording the 'Swedes'' reactions to what they'd seen. My tongue-in-cheek analysis is that you get Americans to do things by paying them - but you get Swedes to do things by appealing to their sense of what's good for the grou… Continue

Posted by David Richardson on February 9, 2010 at 11:00pm

Call for papers - special issue of Language Learning & Technology on 'Learner Autonomy and New Learning Environments

This special issue of Language Learning & Technology will focus on the relationship between technology and learner autonomy. The affordances and constraints offered by new learning environments, whether in mobile, immersive, distance, or other forms of learning, often place greater, and in many cases different, demands on learners’ ability to manage their own learning. At

… Continue

Posted by cem balcikanli on February 7, 2010 at 2:27pm

Call for papers - special issue of Language Learning & Technology on 'Learner Autonomy and New Learning Environments'

This special issue of Language Learning & Technology will focus on the relationship between technology and learner autonomy. The affordances
and constraints offered by new learning environments, whether in
mobile, immersive, distance, or other forms of learning, often place
greater, and in many cases different, demands on learners’ ability to
manage their own learning. At the same time, they c

… Continue

Posted by cem balcikanli on February 7, 2010 at 11:49am

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BBC News Magazine: What happened to Second Life? 4 Replies

According to this article at the BBC News Magazine website, Second Life is on the way out: What happened to Second Life? The author, Lauren Hansen writes: "Not long ago Second Life was everywhere,…

Started by Graham Davies in Sample Title. Last reply by David Richardson Nov. 23, 2009.

The Virtual Worlds SIG: Where are we going?

We are completely open to suggestions regarding the direction that the EUROCALL/CALICO Virtual Worlds SIG should take. It will be possible, for example, to offer training courses in using virtual wor…

Started by Graham Davies in Sample Title Sep. 27, 2009.