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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. Virtually Accessible by Diane

Diane — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:28:23 +0000

More work on this topic is posted under the Accessibility, Deafness and Virtual Worlds category – follow the link in the menu on the right, or use this link: http://learningfromsocialworlds.wordpress.com/category/accessibility-deafness-virtual-worlds/

Comment on 9b. 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’.

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Comment on 5. Exclusion by The great escape

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Comment on Resources SL by Jelly

Jelly — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:53:02 +0000

There is a big project starting at Coventry- The Socio-Political Impact of Virtual World Learning on Higher Education – their new blog is online at http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/leverhulme/