Virtual Environments as ways to Reorganize Thinking about Research and Education
Dr. John Bransford, prominent education psychology researcher and editor of the book How People Learn, gave his first presentation in the popular virtual world of Second Life. Dr. Bransford is the director of The Learning in Informal and Formal Environments (LIFE) Center, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Science of Learning Center. He presented his latest thoughts on different ways that virtual environment can help people learn and possibly reorganize our educational system.
The presentation took place in Second Life on Monday, October 2 from noon to 1:30pm Pacific Time.
Here is the link to the video used in the presentation: Video
Paper referenced by John in the Q&A section of the presentation:
Schwartz, D. L., Bransford, J. D., & Sears, D. (2005). Efficiency and innovation in transfer. In J. Mestre (Ed.), Transfer of learning from a modern multidisciplinary perspective (pp. 1-51). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
The transcript is available here
Contributors include:
SL Teen Educators - Chief architect
Jeremy Kemp of SimTeach for event coordination, sim rental, etc.
Text 100 for PR coordination
LIFE graduate students and post-docs - Drue Gawel, Kofi Baba Weusijana, Daryl Lawton, and Vanessa Svihla
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