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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Second Life Backlash and Controversy

Learning Visions

And Im not implying that Im a Second Life naysayer. 1) Donald Taylor provides a little summary of some of the recent talk in Second Life Backlash: After all the hype Second Life has had, there is bound to be some push back. Confidentiality 4. As you may know, Ive only been there once. IT Security Risks 2.

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Web 2.0 Applications in Learning

Tony Karrer

Tools - A Summary and particularly my use of the course wiki as the basis for putting course notes, having each team put up their work, etc. Privacy / Confidentiality - Limit the visibility. So, yes, you have to set up policies and alert people just like you do around any form of electronic communication (email, IM).

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Student-to-student interaction in small distance courses

E-Learning Acupuncture

Select one student per week to write a summary or critique about the week’s required readings and then ask the other students to comment on their summary/critique in reply postings. Of course, the graded piece at the end conducted by the instructor should be kept confidential and not be placed into the discussion forum.