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Comment on 9a. Constucting disability/deaf in SL by Deaf in Second Life «

Deaf in Second Life « — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:57:54 +0000

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Comment on 9a. Constucting disability/deaf in SL by socialworlds

socialworlds — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:21:23 +0000

Hello, I have found some other work about accessibility and SL that might be of interest…

A Pedagogical Model for Virtual World Residents: A Case Study of the Virtual Ability Second Life Island, by Marjorie A. Zielke, Thomas Roome. In Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. Vol 2 No 1
http://jvwresearch.org/index.php?_cms=1249023516#

Universal Design for Virtual Worlds, by Alice Krueger, Ann Ludwig, David Ludwig. In Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, Vol 2 No 3 http://jvwresearch.org/index.php?_cms=1255457722

The Metaverse Journal. Interview with Denise Wood, University of South Australia. November 2, 2009, by SL’s Lowell Cremorne. http://ow.ly/yYaq

Comment on 9a. Constucting disability/deaf in SL by Diane

Diane — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:04:40 +0000

PS An earlier draft had footnotes, but formatting for the journal meant no footnotes. So here they are…

For example, during a group discussion at a seminar on ‘3D Virtual World and Social Learning’ (conveners: C.S Ang, D. White, S. Warburton, P. Edirisingha and P. Zaphiris. Funder: EMERGE JISC) at City University, London in March 2009, access and disability were identified as issues by a majority participants. These issues were discussed in relation to tools and compliance. The following comments were logged at an education event in SL.
‘Is it accessible (in terms of Disability Act)?’
‘There is a great deal going on with groups in here that are otherwise isolated and cut off from social interaction…’
‘Is it important to make SL accessible? Will using SL improve life of disabled users?’
‘I think it might be a requirement to make it accessible [if using it for education]’
Blogs where these issues have been discussed include the SL Education Blog: http://www.sl-educationblog.org/?p=274

If space permitted, it would be interesting to explore the apparent schism between Disability Studies and accessibility and e-learning literature with reference to Seale’s discussion of ‘participation’ and ‘reification’ (Seale, 2004 – refering to Wenger’s work) or Hine’s account of the necessity of conceptualizing the Internet as both culture, and artifact (Hine, 2000).

Comment on 7. Machinima by Machinima Workshop – Virtual Worlds Research Project

Machinima Workshop – Virtual Worlds Research Project — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:15:08 +0000

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Comment on Resources SL by socialworlds

socialworlds — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:05:04 +0000

Hong Kong Polytechnic University virtual campus has a number of different educational experiments:

1. mental health clinic
2. virtual library
3. virtual hotels
4. teaching labs etc.

HKPolyu Campus http://slurl.com/secondlife/HKPolyU Campus/100/157/26

The University has been teaching around 9 different applied undergrad courses since 2007. See also http://penkyamp.blogspot.com
(Suggested by Paul Penfold)

Comment on Draft paper – voice and deaf residents in SL by socialworlds

socialworlds — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:19:50 +0000

Thanks for reading Treasure, and for your help.
I will make sure that a clarification of this kind is inserted into the final draft of the paper.

Comment on Draft paper – voice and deaf residents in SL by Treasure Ballinger

Treasure Ballinger — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:40:07 +0000

Very nice, Jelly. Enjoyed reading the draft, and look forward to future entries. I enjoyed interviewing with you, and can only hope my ‘insider’s insight’ provided something of interest for you. I would like to clarify, that while I am not strongly impacted by voice on SL, I do understand the other interviewees points. The D/deaf community has always been my major interest/involvement on SL, and with my commitment to Virtual Ability, Inc, that interest has expanded to disabilities of all kinds. If I had been involved with others, who migrated to voice when it became available, I am quite sure I would feel more as they do. Standing around, socially isolated while people chat around you in voice is at the very least uncomfortable. Exclusion is rarely fun, and I realize that I am somewhat insulated, inside of my chosen ‘place to be’ on SL. I require that ‘home point’, ‘comfort zone, where I can take a deep breath and say ‘whew’. I never apologize for the hearing loss, or my preference not to use voice. It’s part of me, and with a high level of confidence, I think that if someone takes the time, I am worth the time it takes. Thanks again for sharing your draft.

Comment on 9. Immersion and SL by Kathy Robinson

Kathy Robinson — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:12:59 +0000

Thanks for sharing the link to this article. I particularly liked the idea of conceptualising immersion and engagement as different states and the implication this might have for the design of learning activities in virtual worlds. The reference to presence was a bonus for me as I grapple with what the concept of social presence.

Comment on Resources SL by Graham Davies

Graham Davies — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:27:20 +0000

Check out this link:

What are language teachers doing in Second Life? See here for further information and lots of links in Section 14.2.1, ICT4LT Module 1.5

http://www.ict4lt.org/en/en_mod1-5.htm#secondlife

Graham Davies
Emeritus Proffessor of Computer Assisted Language Learning

Comment on Deaf/deaf identified groups in SL by socialworlds

socialworlds — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:40:06 +0000

Hello – update (2009) – there are more and different deaf groups in SL now. Just go into SL and use ’search’ for ‘deaf’.