tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post1743562433141755701..comments2022-11-11T04:13:56.292-08:00Comments on In a Strange Land: Kunslterlism of the Week: Raccoons with Breasts?Iggy Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-13080644583138451962010-05-11T05:35:12.392-07:002010-05-11T05:35:12.392-07:00Viv, my students respect virtual worlds a lot more...Viv, my students respect virtual worlds a lot more when I talk about augmentationist uses. As Turkle noted in her article "Always-on/always-on-you: The tethered self," we have a generation of students with a large number (the sort who enroll at UR) who do not see immersion as healthy for their college and professional careers.<br /><br />This leads them to resist MMORPGs and VWs, unless a virtual world is carefully presented as a place to make interesting content, hold meetings, and network for later career moves.<br /><br />As my post from last month showed, in at least one case a student's immersionist adventures led to a career counsellor telling him to get his section of my class wiki pulled down.<br /><br />He'd been foolish enough to use his own name in building the wiki. But his example shows how augmentation, not immersion, may be the best move with Millennial students who are about to enter VWs.Iggy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834075825456226770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5041624883246722973.post-50311235933916962722010-05-08T06:29:31.561-07:002010-05-08T06:29:31.561-07:00This is very apt - and part of what we've been...This is very apt - and part of what we've been talking about a lot - virtual space is not replacement technology when it comes to life, teaching, or any other focal point I can think of at this early hour.... it is, at its best, extension or augmentation technology. Which is not such a bad thing to be.Viv Trafalgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04182086392042098807noreply@blogger.com