Connect more with peers and practice: Pecha Kucha sessions - University of Birmingham
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This document discusses the educational virtual environment ALiS and how it can be used as a virtual campus. It provides tools for social hubs, meeting/seminar rooms, lecture theaters, and exhibition rooms. It also describes use cases for ambassador tours of the school ethos and student achievements, a library skills hub, pre-induction activities, and recruitment events like open days. Quotes from educators praise ALiS for providing an intuitive experience that enhances learning by emulating natural lecturing and bringing virtual reality nearer through immersive 3D environments.
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Connect more with peers and practice: Pecha Kucha sessions - University of Birmingham
- 2. 2 of 20
- 3. 3 of 20 Multi-user virtual environment (MUVE)
- 4. 4 of 20 Second Life
- 5. 5 of 20 Second Life vs ALiS (Worlds Apart!)
- 6. 6 of 20 ALiS = Education focused
- 7. 7 of 20 User Interface (UI)
- 8. 8 of 20 Learning Curve vs
- 9. 9 of 20 Social DNA
- 10. 10 of 20 Tool 1: Social Hubs
- 11. 11 of 20 Tool 2: Meeting/Seminar Rooms
- 12. 12 of 20 Tool 3: LectureTheatres “The virtual campus, in comparison to other video-conferencing tools, provides a more intuitive student and lecturer experience by emulating the natural lecturing process, enhancing the learning experience. ” — Dr Sarah Montano, Director of BSc Business Management Programmes (Singapore)
- 13. 13 of 20 Tool 4: Exhibition Rooms
- 14. 14 of 20 Tour Guide
- 15. 15 of 20 Use Case 1.1 - AmbassadorTours (School Ethos/Curriculum)
- 16. 16 of 20 Use Case 1.2 - AmbassadorTours (Celebrating student achievement)
- 17. 17 of 20 Use Case 2 - Library Skills Hub
- 18. 18 of 20 Use Case 3 - Pre-Induction
- 19. 19 of 20 Recruitment, e.g. open days
- 20. 20 of 20 Posters (e.g. Marketing & PG)
- 21. 21 of 20 “People who recognise education as a dynamic and progressive activity are always pushing the limits of what is possible for teachers and learners. Virtual reality remains all too intangible for many but ALiS brings that vision nearer via three-dimensional, multi-sensory environments and real-time immersive interaction. We are excited to be working with the Mirrador team to make authentic virtual spaces for students and teachers.” - Dr Richard Pountney, Principal Lecturer in Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Editor's Notes
- Immersive 3D platform – user controls avatar, interacts with other users and content Variety of features and functions inc: lectures, meetings, user profiles
- Elephant in the room! Several institutions and individuals experimented with it for T&L Exploit affordances of virtual worlds = immersion, interaction, simulation
- Optimise affordances of vWorlds Remove major constraints = UI/UX, Learning curve. Not only SL, much of education software is the same.
- SL has massive scope, but difficult to tailor for education (key-cutting machine?) ALiS has been developed specifically for teaching & learning (key!)
- Our aim = Users should be able to start using ALiS without help/training of any kind. Intuitive, natural and uncluttered. Icon based (cross-platform potential) No complicated, overwhelming menus
- Teachers don’t have time for manuals! focus on selected CORE functions - intentionally restricted functionality based on need
- Whole platform underpinned by AUTHENTIC SOCIAL INTERACTION Allow authentic conversations between people anywhere in the world
- Unique and authentic social interaction – mingling, conversations Meet people, discuss topics/themes etc
- <15 people – many-to-many VoIP enabled In development – agenda/minutes functionality – automatic post-session email
- <100 CCU – 1-to-many VoIP (presenter to audience) + Slides, laser pointer, text chat, polling Natural and familiar context/setting
- Multimedia content driven – audio, video, images Authentic social interaction in learning context
- Many-to-many VoIP – max 1 guide+ 5 guests per Tour (multiple tours in one scene) Tethered, text chat
- Empower students to run virtual School Tours to promote School ethos and curriculum
- Celebrate student achievement and content through displays in ALiS exhibition rooms
- Fully VoIP - Meetings & workshops with collaborative doc review Extend support service identity post re-brand (new space + new virtual space!) – increase audience, visibility and engagement
- Increase familiarity with campus - ease transition for international students arriving in UK Network socially before arriving Cultural/city-based content – e.g. food, drink, arts, etc
- Exhibition room including stalls and related content Live existing student, staff and alumni reps
- Interactive team posters that link to team websites – raise awareness of support services Event posters that link to event pages – increase engagement PhD/masters poster presentation sessions in ALiS exhibition rooms