OCTEL | ed3d (Peter) | Activity http://octel.alt.ac.uk/members/pmiller/activity/ Activity feed for ed3d (Peter). Mon, 02 Nov 2020 10:33:07 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=6.3.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 357df51725809d48da65c5256868b1f3 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/messaging-a-simple-off-the-shelf-solution/#post-26426 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 22:24:37 +0100 Incidentally, Dash is a decent freemium Android app available via that directory link. Can’t comment on iOS.

]]> 0 98b6ba76f620c880999bc0f340cb803a ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/messaging-a-simple-off-the-shelf-solution/#post-26375 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 12:09:57 +0100 I would say at first glance that Yammer is far more capable as you would expect of a unified platform from a single supplier. I don’t think App.net (ADN) will ever compete though I suspect you could extend the Alpha viewer to some of the functionality. One particular feature missing from ADN is groups although you can invite individuals to a…[Read more]

]]> 0 d4512dac2b649fad78edce5ac040a695 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Noteworthy development: Linden Lab have announced they are […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/7236/ Tue, 24 Jun 2014 11:59:18 +0100 Noteworthy development: Linden Lab have announced they are developing a next generation of their virtual world product Second Life due to go beta in 2015 and in production from 2016. It will be closed source in the first instance and is therefore distinct from High Fidelity which is being developed under an open source licence by a much smaller…[Read more]

]]> 0 2a0b6c5953d2a2390fe40943f69188a2 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group Scientists: Thanks to all group members for your input to ocTEL and to […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/7080/ Sat, 21 Jun 2014 07:16:26 +0100 Thanks to all group members for your input to ocTEL and to everyone on the ALT/organisational/delivery side too.

]]> 0 64adf9b949728f53ec75abf025403739 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/messaging-a-simple-off-the-shelf-solution/#post-25847 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 16:12:55 +0100 See http://longposts.com/29648056 for my thoughts on app.net as an alternative to Twitter. It seems to be running just as well now as it did before the business aspect closed and, follow limits apart for the free tier (40), it does most of the important stuff. I wouldn’t want to push it as an institutional adoption at the moment but for certain…[Read more]

]]> 0 6827c026cd82480f3893447c6ecd52d2 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Thanks to all for ocTEL interactions! Final thoughts on the […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/7059/ Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:36:04 +0100 Thanks to all for ocTEL interactions! Final thoughts on the MOOC and OpenSim (among other immersive learning platforms) http://longposts.com/32972954

]]> 0 f3724ce3dcc66ac932cb703da4069e6c ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/week-6-here-we-go/#post-25483 Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:32:13 +0100 OK, I see it now

]]> 0 37c14a9ef528b309c2bca2e75edb96da ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/week-6-here-we-go/#post-25373 Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:53:00 +0100 I’m not seeing a Week 6 forum. Just me?

]]> 0 a67f12a3c462929e4bd1990a16159f03 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/in-house-versus-off-the-shelf/#post-24910 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:45:17 +0100 Thanks for your comment, Julie. Good point about support costs and I agree that there are pros and cons to both approaches.

]]> 0 9f5c79a214b641ccede9fb3037b87bbf ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/designing-learner-support/#post-24909 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:40:58 +0100 Guy, thanks for your comment. I don’t think it’s a question of being “behind”, just appreciating that we have a more diverse palette of tools should we choose to use them. I should stress incidentally that I don’t use Second Life, I use OpenSim. For the most part it’s just as good, far more flexible and much cheaper (or free) as it’s open…[Read more]

]]> 0 36a49a76347c40f10b6f90e9a85b0375 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/in-house-versus-off-the-shelf/#post-24812 Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:59:20 +0100 That link seems broken. Try http://longposts.com/32486755

]]> 0 8ed214f2b2205be5b2983c253445720d ed3d (Peter) started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/in-house-versus-off-the-shelf/ Fri, 13 Jun 2014 09:48:25 +0100 First thoughts from slightly more of an individual rather than necessarily a project-based perspective http://longposts.com/32486803

]]> 0 6a3e76afc3a020075f2dc2c1700e5be9 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Getting to Primland (a building tutorial for OpenSim) Bear […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6835/ Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:04:09 +0100 Getting to Primland (a building tutorial for OpenSim)

Bear in mind that OpenSim differs from SL in allowing the region owner to archive the region as an OAR file provided object permissions are set appropriately. Moreover, you can run a region and viewer from a USB stick (and upload OARs though you need the command line for that). See…[Read more]

]]> 0 22b7b5f860e21026a913892df8c5a7f6 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/designing-learner-support/#post-24598 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:01:44 +0100 Thanks for the feedback. Bear in mind that we are talking about learner support here rather than lesson design.

Possibly “exemplar track” was a bad choice of term, “demonstration” maybe? There would indeed be a plenary session at the end with student presentations of some kind and, of course, the work created previously remains available to all…[Read more]

]]> 0 9c96a9df29de93b7f86bdd3097ecb3cb ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): First thoughts on learner support for an OpenSim-based […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6765/ Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:01:22 +0100 First thoughts on learner support for an OpenSim-based workshop series. http://longposts.com/32273487

]]> 0 b02ece6d2632a1db18f586a108c5607a ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/designing-learner-support/#post-24188 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:38:21 +0100 First thoughts on learner support for an OpenSim-based workshop series. http://longposts.com/32273487

]]> 0 6a259b9ad475d54377564735d96bc1c0 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Just getting started: annotated bibliography of education in […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6653/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:39:50 +0100 Just getting started: annotated bibliography of education in virtual worlds (wiki) http://www.vwed.org/wiki/Annotated_bibliography_of_education_in_virtual_worlds

]]> 0 c6a24ca2d575d82928c30739e1c65264 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Demo of an immersive radar chart widget. Multiple colours […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6652/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 16:36:00 +0100 Demo of an immersive radar chart widget. Multiple colours could be accommodated simply by having three copies of the widget. Could also add pertinent Tech Trumps cards along relevant dimensions. Probably tech overkill here but shows how easy it is to create simple stuff that could be reused in multiple contexts…[Read more]

]]> 0 ae91f8c171cb7c0f365a091b648f1d6c ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/popplet/#post-23315 Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:08:58 +0100 I agree though I only used the web version — I liked presentation mode 2 which reminded me of Tufts VUE. The absence of a collaboration option, Android app, text export or any obvious business plan are concerns. Not enamoured over use of Flash but Cmap and VUE use Java for authoring which is probably worse these days.

]]> 0 0b26a311d269b47cb9c4388b2b28c29f ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Exploring physics in SL […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6637/ Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:36:58 +0100 Exploring physics in SL http://www.technologyreview.com/view/528041/experiments-in-second-life-reveal-alternative-laws-of-physics/

]]> 0 6679e7e013b34de2303b93a8847c8d2e ed3d (Peter) posted a new activity comment http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6630/#acomment-6636 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:10:20 +0100 No personal experience though I vaguely recall having looked at it. Generic first thoughts would be to explore VLE integration and access management for both students and staff asap in case there are any major issues there. I guess there may be concerns regarding creeping vendor lock-in as well. Finally, I believe LearnSmart is one of these…[Read more]

In reply to - Rose Heaney posted an update in the group Scientists A quick question for the scientists – or biologists even (Moira?). Do you have any experience of McGraw Hill online resources? I am just taking a look at their […] ]]> 9629b8323d952264721c1d37d28dc005 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/opensim-and-moocs/#post-22891 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:34:20 +0100 I agree to some extent about the misguided comparison — it occurred to me later. I guess my main point was that open source advocacy on a closed source platform, viz Collaborate, was a little “odd”.

I don’t think we have the data to make judgements about viability of OpenSim as a platform for a MOOC. As far as cognitive load is concerned, my…[Read more]

]]> 1 9a9034f65ae44a92d94cd22cd9135023 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Exploring bacterial diversity using OpenSim […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6411/ Sat, 31 May 2014 20:36:17 +0100 Exploring bacterial diversity using OpenSim https://alpha.app.net/ed3d/post/31606929/photo/1 — it’s just a start…

]]> 1 a0d48aa9d6f8860585f4e76b60775626 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/evaluating-a-resource-in-your-area/#post-21831 Sat, 31 May 2014 12:57:27 +0100 Might be worth looking at https://kritikos.liv.ac.uk/ (former Jisc project) — supposedly for engineering but works with other subjects as well.

]]> 0 2e1770bbf81ff1bc772b850766ba963a ed3d (Peter) started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/opensim-and-moocs/ Sat, 31 May 2014 12:21:44 +0100 My thoughts on OpenSim and MOOCs for Activity 3.3. http://longposts.com/31585635

]]> 0 7afff2418eca645e0e0179fd77b778eb ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic Week 3 in the forum ocTEL City http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/groups/octel-city/forum/topic/week-3-2/#post-21821 Sat, 31 May 2014 12:19:45 +0100 My thoughts on OpenSim and MOOCs for Activity 3.3. http://longposts.com/31585635

]]> 0 c0a68b3b6b79c269422b5a4ba99609b1 ed3d (Peter) started the topic Week 3 in the forum ocTEL City http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/groups/octel-city/forum/topic/week-3-2/ Sat, 31 May 2014 12:07:46 +0100 For immersive VR topics related to Week 3.

]]> 0 c1df8bc18d0657d5ddf8be3956fc5695 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/active-learning-minecraft-in-business/#post-21311 Tue, 27 May 2014 17:36:33 +0100 Very interesting — and the first example I’ve seen in the UK of use of Minecraft at tertiary level. Were all the students familiar with the environment at the outset?

]]> 0 358f065b285f8ad445acb12b161f0fb4 ed3d (Peter) posted a new activity comment http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/6186/#acomment-6189 Sat, 24 May 2014 14:31:59 +0100 Many thanks, Moira! That looks very interesting and I suspect I may be able to use some of it even though we’re not Mathematica based. Very helpful!

In reply to - Moira Sarsfield replied to the topic Week 3 in the forum Scientists I smiled when I read that your search was for a fermentation simulation. By chance I was involved with a project several years ago to produce […] ]]> e738709087af0b59cff50628997ddfaf ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic Week 3 in the forum Scientists http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/groups/scientists/forum/topic/week-3/#post-20849 Fri, 23 May 2014 17:47:19 +0100 My attempts to locate some science -related OER http://longposts.com/p/TTqlY-VFv4

]]> 0 cb938416f5e47a8b92c42de2afc8a4bd ed3d (Peter) started the topic Week 3 in the forum Scientists http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/groups/scientists/forum/topic/week-3/ Fri, 23 May 2014 17:46:23 +0100 A lot of activity is focused on the main forums but I have some science-related posts… which I will post here and there.

]]> 0 823f34365fc1fc9d9e6076f29cef66d2 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-20658 Fri, 23 May 2014 12:09:24 +0100 @moira Thanks for the link about videos in MOOCs — very interesting. I wonder whether the hand-written aspect relates to the findings of the paper “Fortune favors the Bold (and the italicized): Effects of disfluency on educational outcomes” which is referenced in this Wired article: http://www.wired.com/2011/01/the-benefit-of-ugly-fonts/

]]> 0 fc8a9eb15a38fec1ebc4004434e61783 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/openness-and-museum-collections/#post-20499 Thu, 22 May 2014 16:20:18 +0100 Very interesting, Colin. Museums have been quite active in the sphere of virtual worlds, usually from the perspective of creating a version of their own collection for others to visit remotely (which is great, of course). However, I note that the Smithsonian has gone one step further by scanning some of its collection and making the scans…[Read more]

]]> 0 3e7f13e2d8fa97c0796fe2cd8f02b283 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-20336 Thu, 22 May 2014 10:57:53 +0100 @james I’m Android-based so Voice isn’t an option. I’ll have a look at Touchcast.

]]> 0 85afd1bc31a3c95d90ec19c91fef0abd ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): LOADING HUMAN for #Oculus Rift, Sixense STEM etc gives an […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/5980/ Wed, 21 May 2014 17:04:22 +0100 LOADING HUMAN for #Oculus Rift, Sixense STEM etc gives an idea of current state of immersive gaming and the challenges for educators in developing interactive learning environments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwFAorwcJJ4

]]> 0 efa7b53f9d2c26481471360b9799b991 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/screencast-o-matic/#post-19790 Wed, 21 May 2014 14:21:02 +0100 Agreed. I tried it on a molecular structure at rcsb.org and, once past the blizzard of Java warnings, it worked fine. Thanks.

]]> 0 023f1c41c7d9cf3fc73778d392d32c29 ed3d (Peter) started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/xerte/ Wed, 21 May 2014 07:56:29 +0100 I didn’t actually try it as I found the onboarding process unhelpful. Anyway, thoughts and a comparison with TiddlyWiki: http://longposts.com/30889584

]]> 0 40529d2b6f3b58d3a5c48336e48bbf07 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/screencast-o-matic/#post-19532 Tue, 20 May 2014 21:30:04 +0100 The one issue I’ve had with Java-based tools in the past is their failure when working with websites requiring Java. Is that still the case?

]]> 0 e7ef4d6cfc526e1d91ef3b8977ebedda ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-19434 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:34:06 +0100 As I totally failed to mention OpenSim in that response, I should add that I have used OpenSim to generate clipart to illustrate narratives generated using Twine. 😉 The (possibly suspect) logic here is that while it is easy to get clipart for a particular scene it isn’t that easy to get clipart that includes the same character(s) in multiple scenes.

]]> 0 3e01c1701f35e5825d7736ad2e971d0f ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-19363 Tue, 20 May 2014 10:50:06 +0100 It’s been a while since I used Twine and it took off in the interactive fiction world over the last couple of years although the original Twine goes back much further. It was originally based on a tool I really like called TiddlyWiki but TiddlyWiki has evolved a lot since then and for a while Twine didn’t which made its use a slightly dubious…[Read more]

]]> 0 23313c8638c8e97a8e9fe31d0d297b84 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/perspective-of-a-learner/#post-19343 Tue, 20 May 2014 09:50:02 +0100 My attempt: http://longposts.com/30815225 — interestingly, I had the same CYOA thought as Gary but a different tool in mind.

]]> 0 f5e3d34069eccd1a82fa95d7bcb7784a ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group Scientists: Thanks for your interest and feedback, Moira. Re time […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/5730/ Sun, 18 May 2014 15:15:06 +0100 Thanks for your interest and feedback, Moira.

Re time available, this was a rough sketch, a “kitchen sink” catch-all description, so it would most likely be pared down before use. I’m hoping the product would be a resource that some students would want to use beyond the session itself and perhaps some timepoints would have placeholder content…[Read more]

]]> 1 a771e8389063189dc3a7133b9fc25838 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/be-a-tel-explorer/#post-18397 Sat, 17 May 2014 22:12:15 +0100 I guess you are alluding to the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation? I can appreciate that badges play a social role but how does that work in a multiplatform cMOOC?

]]> 0 822b82c906c0e2d3c7299be375ba0719 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/be-a-tel-explorer/#post-18360 Sat, 17 May 2014 19:56:27 +0100 I think basing a strategy on AAA games is risky. To quote guru Raph Koster:

In the long run, though, this is bad for the ecosystem owners. Right now, as it always is in mature markets, the conventional business wisdom is to move to a blockbuster mentality. Place few bets, spend like utter mad against them (500m for Destiny, is the current news…

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]]> 0 85a8ffbaf2ac3f2e7f75c796d8e759e4 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic Week 2 in the forum Scientists http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/groups/scientists/forum/topic/week-2-2/#post-18313 Sat, 17 May 2014 14:25:52 +0100 Activity 2.4a Learning Design: Thoughts on an evolutionary timeline in OpenSim http://longposts.com/30649856

]]> 0 c9d25e9116719e6593f225818af870be ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Thoughts on an evolutionary timeline in OpenSim […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/5692/ Sat, 17 May 2014 14:24:03 +0100 Thoughts on an evolutionary timeline in OpenSim http://longposts.com/30649856

]]> 0 4b396b72fc0808aa9179635a1f8a141f ed3d (Peter) started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/lifestory-an-opensim-bricolage-activity/ Sat, 17 May 2014 14:07:44 +0100 This is an idea for an activity that involves annotation of a timeline. The subject is the evolution and impact of bacteria going from the origin of life to the present day and beyond. It doesn’t lack ambition (spoiler alert: the answer is 42) 😉 http://longposts.com/30649856

]]> 0 1ef83b0b26b43595424e8ff9389d3527 ed3d (Peter) replied to the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/learner-diversity-in-immersive-environments/#post-18134 Fri, 16 May 2014 13:59:59 +0100 Thanks for that, Keith. I hadn’t heard of Inter-Life before doing ocTEL so that was interesting. I’m not directly involved in using OpenSim with learners with disabilities but was aware of the positive reports regarding students on the autistic spectrum. I came across the following SL presentation earlier this week. It goes into accessibility in…[Read more]

]]> 0 fbfdb8dd217bcf21c07ae0a07f57bde6 ed3d (Peter) started the topic in the forum http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/forums/topic/further-westward/ Fri, 16 May 2014 10:47:02 +0100 I only played Westward and I have to confess I didn’t really play this game for more than about 5 min — I didn’t complete the orientation as I managed to lose my character by dragging him offscreen in the direction of an irate prospector.  I had inadvertently used the latter’s woodpiles to repair the town bank at the behest of the mayor (whose…[Read more]

]]> 0 66d6c2bb2e78e7d2f79128dad1593607 ed3d (Peter) posted an update in the group ocTEL City (immersive learning): Great intro to accessibility in virtual worlds […] http://octel.alt.ac.uk/activity/p/5588/ Thu, 15 May 2014 20:49:54 +0100 Great intro to accessibility in virtual worlds http://aquarobo.com/abyss/11thMIWoSE_VirtualAbility.pdf

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