Second Life Writing: ENG104 at Ball State University
Sarah Robbins (Intellagirl Tully in Second Life) of Ball State University used Second Life to teach an English class focussed on writing for academic research in 2006. The course was a hybrid course with at least half of the class time spent online, based at Middletown (SLurl), which is sponsored by Ball State's Center for Media Design Educational Environments. Visitors were welcome to observe the class.English 104 applied the fundamentals of rhetoric to the research process, introducing students to methods of research. The many communities of Second Life provided students with rich opportunites for observation, research and interaction with other cultures, as well as many interview subjects for use in their writing.Read more in the article Ball State students immersed in virtual world to study cultures or on the class website ENG104 in Second Life.
Sarah Robbins (Intellagirl Tully in Second Life) of Ball State University used Second Life to teach an English class focussed on writing for academic research in 2006. The course was a hybrid course with at least half of the class time spent online, based at Middletown (SLurl), which is sponsored by Ball State's Center for Media Design Educational Environments. Visitors were welcome to observe the class.English 104 applied the fundamentals of rhetoric to the research process, introducing students to methods of research. The many communities of Second Life provided students with rich opportunites for observation, research and interaction with other cultures, as well as many interview subjects for use in their writing.Read more in the article Ball State students immersed in virtual world to study cultures or on the class website ENG104 in Second Life.
No comments:
Post a Comment