MUVE, Moodle and a Microblogging Tool: Blending technologies to prepare international students for language and life in the UK Julie Watson, Ann Jeffery.

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MUVE, Moodle and a Microblogging Tool: Blending technologies to prepare international students for language and life in the UK Julie Watson, Ann Jeffery Modern Languages University of Southampton

Overview M3 Project aims The Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle) and online course The MUVE (Second Life) The Microblogging tool (Twitter) Project outcomes

M3 Project aims To integrate Second Life and Twitter with our existing online course in Moodle To see what value this might add to students’ experience of the online course To explore one way of using Second Life and Twitter for educational purposes

Moodle Arrive UK A 5 week pre-arrival online course for international students Focus on living and studying in the UK Blends technologies (learning objects, podcasts, vidcasts, discussion forum, chat room) E-tutored

MUVE (Second Life) Use SL to provide an alternative experience of part of Arrive UK (the online course) Create a purpose built environment in-world where the student community can -meet and take part in activities with tutor -use course learning materials adapted/enhanced for SL -use Twitter for social networking and vidcast- related activity

SL developments Disaggregate and adapt selected Learning Objects for use in SL: Example: ‘Finding out about Southampton’ –THINc book ( history of Southampton, tourist attractions, climate etc) –Google floor map of south of the UK –Set of interactive local maps ( differing scales) –In world quiz

Twitter (Microblogging tool) Link the student community threading their tweets (short messages of 140 chars) to create a community feed A specially developed plug-in for Moodle and a Twitter link from SL Allowing communication between the students - about course resources e.g. vidcasts - for social networking purposes - from SL, Moodle, the Web, mobile phone

Project successes Model for integration of new technologies within an online course Development of an open source Twitter plug-in for Moodle Adaptation and enhancement of course learning resources (Learning Objects and vidcasts) for use in SL and with Twitter

Project challenges Web 2.0 services unreliable and subject to change/frequent updating New technologies lack of accommodation to needs of non native speakers (Eng) Steep learning curve required for SL Lack of time on part of participants Participant support and communication issues at distance

What next? Trial M3 outputs with other student groups in blended learning contexts Explore different ways of using the Twitter plug-in within online courses Create an in-world resource centre with a range of language learning resources adapted for SL Explore ways of using our Language Café environment for informal language learning

Thank you Second Life: University of Southampton region M3 project: