http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/04/19/testing-a-google-map-virtualreal-travel/ Politics, Technology in Education, Art, Music, Life Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/04/19/testing-a-google-map-virtualreal-travel/#comment-5051 Fleep Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:32:31 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/04/19/testing-a-google-map-virtualreal-travel/#comment-5051 Except that at RL conferences, we're all sitting there listening to the speaker, maybe taking notes, but not talking with each other until we get back out in the hallway. In an SL presentation, we're all sitting there listening to the speaker and TALKING on the backchannel, on Twitter, sending links, additional info, whatever. I don't know, it might be a personal preference, but I think the backchat + audio + seeing additional resources = better learning for me. I feel active during an SL presentation, as opposed to feeling mostly passive at a RL presentation. Maybe it's just my mindset? Except that at RL conferences, we’re all sitting there listening to the speaker, maybe taking notes, but not talking with each other until we get back out in the hallway. In an SL presentation, we’re all sitting there listening to the speaker and TALKING on the backchannel, on Twitter, sending links, additional info, whatever. I don’t know, it might be a personal preference, but I think the backchat + audio + seeing additional resources = better learning for me. I feel active during an SL presentation, as opposed to feeling mostly passive at a RL presentation. Maybe it’s just my mindset?

]]> http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/04/19/testing-a-google-map-virtualreal-travel/#comment-5050 Nil Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:20:58 +0000 http://fleeep.net/blog/2008/04/19/testing-a-google-map-virtualreal-travel/#comment-5050 The social (and _professional_) networking is pretty much the only reason I go to conferences. Presentations are rarely _nearly_ as useful as what I learn talking to people in the halls. The talking in the halls isn't just "social", it's learning. I meet people working on similar stuff to me and talk to them about how they are solving problems and what ideas they have for moving forward. Sure, I do that online too (on listservs, on irc), but I still learn a huge amount from the in the halls talking at conferences that I wouldn't end up learning from my online interactions. The social (and _professional_) networking is pretty much the only reason I go to conferences. Presentations are rarely _nearly_ as useful as what I learn talking to people in the halls. The talking in the halls isn’t just “social”, it’s learning. I meet people working on similar stuff to me and talk to them about how they are solving problems and what ideas they have for moving forward. Sure, I do that online too (on listservs, on irc), but I still learn a huge amount from the in the halls talking at conferences that I wouldn’t end up learning from my online interactions.

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