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3D VIRTUAL WORLDS

Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Education and Training and Macquarie University

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Virtual World

What is a Virtual World?

A Virtual world is a computer simulated 3D environment that allows people with internet access and software to populate and interact with each other through a digital 3D graphical representation called avatars. Most virtual worlds allow for multiple users at concurrent time.

Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Education and Training and Macquarie University

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3D Virtual Worlds Project 2010

Iteration 2.1 (Stage 5 Visual Arts)• Student Created Artworks in 3D MUVE

Iteration 2.2 (Stages 3, 4 & 5)• Student Constructed Learning Spaces in 3D MUVE

Project Description

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The Virtual Worlds Project aims to:

Project Outcomes

Project Outcomes

Evaluate innovative educational applications of virtual world technologies, focusing specifically on activities that involve student construction within a safe environment.

Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Education and Training and Macquarie University

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The Virtual Worlds Project aims to:

Project Pedagogical Approach

Project PedagogicalApproach

Provide students with opportunities for open-ended inquiry and higher order thinking through design and construction activities in a 3D environment.

Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre is a collaboration between the NSW Department of Education and Training and Macquarie University

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Students follow the rules of STAR and good cyber citizenship practice in the virtual world:

Cyber Citizenship

Cyber Citizenship

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Develop teacher capacity in the use of information communication technologies

Office of Schools Plan 2009- 2011

• Innovative professional learning opportunities

State-wide Strategies Northern Sydney Region Strategies

CONNECTED LEARNING

Implement interactive classrooms to better meet the learning needs of 21st Century students.

• video conferencing.• collaborative curriculum projects

• Identifying innovative teaching practice

Extend learning opportunities for students and teachers acrosscommunities of schools.

• support collaborative curriculum projects using ICT

Office of Schools Plan

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ELEMENT 2: TEACHERS KNOW THEIR STUDENTS AND HOW THEY LEARN

NSW Institute of Teachers (Accreditation and Standards)Sample of NSW Institute Elements mapped to MacICT Projects

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

2.2.3 Apply practical and theoretical knowledge and understanding of the different approaches to learning to enhance student outcomes.

Knowledge of students’ varied approaches to learning

NSW Institute of Teachers

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The 3D Virtual Worlds Project links to many of the NSW Quality Teaching framework elements including:

• Higher-order thinking

• Engagement

• Social Support

• Inclusivity

• Connectedness

NSW Quality Teaching framework

NSW Quality Teaching framework

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How do student design and construction activities within a 3D environment assist students to achieve learning outcomes?

PresentationLearning through Design and Construction in Multi-User Virtual Environments: Opportunities, Challenges and an Emerging Project Andrew Cram (AACE Conference, Penang, Malaysia May 2010)

Research

Research

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Online World at MacICT

3D Virtual Worlds Project Information:http://web1.macquarieict.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.php/projects/menu3dvirtualworlds.html

3D Virtual Worlds Blog:http://me.edu.au/b/KatyL/http://me.edu.au/p/jeade

3D Virtual Worlds Wiki:(To be developed in Tm 2, 2010)

3D Virtual Worlds OnlineTraining Videos:http://trinity.macict.edu.au/

Online World at MacICT

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