Social E-SPACES: socio-collaborative spaces within Virtual Worlds
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Vanessa Camilleri, Matthew MontebelloLREC – Workshop 2010 1
Vanessa Camilleri2010
Vanessa Camilleri, Matthew Montebello
University of Malta
Social E-SPACES: Social E-SPACES: socio-collaborative spaces
within Virtual Worlds
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Concept
Problem Definition
Proposed Solutions
Conclusion
Overview
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What binds Social Networking tools with Education ?
How true is it that the use of social and collaborative tool makes learning more effective?
Origin
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CONCEPTa few thoughts on the
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The learning paradigm shift
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Problem Definition
Collaborative learning spaces;
• tie with e-learning;
• what is in VWs?
• how does collaboration build towards the social capital?
• a measure of Assessment
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Proposed Solutions
Design of Virtual spaces;
• persistent communication within the virtual sphere;
• use of active learning in a social perspective;
• provision of agents to enhance collaborative processes.
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Proposed Solutions: the validation framework
Measuring the effectiveness of social spaces in learning;
• targets human behaviour and interaction processes;
• studies attitudes of users;
• investigates connecting relationships.
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Case Study
• pilot at University of Malta, Faculty of Education;
• targets Pre-service teachers taking courses in the use of technology in the classroom;
• course facilitates use of a number of resources;
• very case specific.
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Conclusion
Increased social dimension of e-Learning; starting ground are VWs;
How can effectiveness of this social collaboration be evaluated and validated?
A number of challenges and limitations.
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