Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Second Life in Instruction
My blog entry this week is dealing with a concept that was brought up by Bill Brandon in his article on Second Life. The one point that he made that I've been thinking about is the idea of people behaving differently when functioning behind the guise of an avatar. Having some experience with social gaming online, I've had several encounters with people that quickly degenerated into rude behavior on their part. My belief is that people who are naturally introverts find false courage in the "body" of an avatar. I've never experienced a virtual learning environment such as SL, but I started wondering what types of instructional problems might result from learners whose avatar behavior might be a distraction for others in the class.
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I find it really interesting that you say that. I think you're right that people tend to develop these alternate egos if you will while hiding behind these avitars. I think that has been around longer than we think, with basic chats and things of that nature. But it seems they become more realistic through these training environments where they can literally create an alternate ego!
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