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Second Life<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had never heard of Second Life (SL) until reading Weller (2020). From reading the chapter (Weller, 2020), the motivation for universities to have virtual islands was unclear.\u00a0 There was discussion of the great possibility of SL and that it could integrate with learning management systems (LMS) such as Moodle, but I did not get a true sense of what it hoped to achieve in education.\u00a0 SL, as it was being used in education by universities in the mid-2000s phased out; however, SL is still being used.\u00a0 It is one of the largest spaces for virtual commodity exchanges, such as Bitcoin (Virgilio, 2022).\u00a0 Thus, while SL was not strongly adopted in the education realm or valuable to what I teach currently, it remains relevant in our lives behind the scenes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As discussed in the post-chapter discussions online (Between the Chapters: Blogging \u2013 25 Years of Ed Tech: The Serialized Audio Version, n.d.), SL has also paved the way for virtual reality (VR) to be used in education.\u00a0 There is space for the virtual world in education; educators were not necessarily creative in how SL developed in education in the mid-2000s. I see this growing in medical education specifically because my cousin works in VR and is currently building VR technology for NHS medical students to train them in surgery. What he is developing allows medical students to perform surgery without performing surgery on cadavers which has numerous limitations, including enormous costs.<\/p>\n

E-portfolios<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although not widely adopted, E-portfolios had merit in their intent to showcase student achievement, competencies, and skills in a tangible way to future employers (Weller, 2020). I recently took over a course taught by the same person for 5+ years.\u00a0 Within the course, one assignment was an e-portfolio which I removed from the course. Namely, I did not see it as the valuable tool for future employers that the previous instructor had hoped it would be.\u00a0 I also felt that learning the tool the portfolios reside in was less important than the content on the tool, but a considerable amount of time was needed to perfect the tool. Something the students did not have. Both points, I now read months later, are noted by Weller (2020) as some of the issues with adopting the e-portfolio.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I received pushback for wanting to remove this assignment.\u00a0 As a compromise, I created an assignment that still had the desired artefacts and showcased their work through LinkedIn. They cultivated their online professional presence in a space where employers already reside. I listened to the online chat regarding their best practices for not being too prescriptive, giving students license over what they publish, and how they publish (Between the Chapters: Blogging \u2013 25 Years of Ed Tech: The Serialized Audio Version, n.d.) and confirm that my choices for this task were on point.\u00a0 Cultivating the content meant for an e-portfolio has a place in academia, but the format needs to be something that aligns with the professional realm to be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n

References <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between the chapters: Blogging \u2013 25 years of ed tech: The serialized audio version<\/em>. (n.d.). https:\/\/25years.opened.ca\/2021\/01\/14\/between-the-chapters-blogging\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virgilio, D. (2022, February 9). What comparisons between second life and the metaverse miss<\/em>. Slate Magazine. https:\/\/slate.com\/technology\/2022\/02\/second-life-metaverse-facebook-comparisons.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weller, M. (2020). 25 years of ed tech<\/em> (1st ed.). ACP – Athabasca University Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Second Life I had never heard of Second Life (SL) until reading Weller (2020). From reading the chapter (Weller, 2020), the motivation for universities to have virtual islands was unclear.\u00a0 There was discussion of the great possibility of SL and that it could integrate with learning management systems (LMS) such as Moodle, but I did … <\/p>\n

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