Category Archives: Teaching
Virtual transfers
The possibility of transferring processes from the real into the virtual world has occupied me for most of this year in the context of teaching during the first course of HWR Berlin in Second Life, an industry practice supervision course … Continue reading
now tumbl(r)ing: besel & mo
this summer, i’ll experiment with tumblr (i already have some experience related to my literary ambitions). i will now blog regularly about my research in second life using tumblr. but not in the usual way…i need stimulation and distraction at … Continue reading
Role play: second round successful
Role play: another example where class room activities can with relative ease transferred to the virtual 3D environment – this environment might even be preferable. However: good preparation and supervision is key to make this into a success. Only after learning from the failures of a first attempt could we succeed with our students. Continue reading
Student role-play in Second Life®
we made our first attempt at in-world role playing in yesterday’s meeting. After a short warm-up with a guided imagery exercise designed to get the students in touch with possible “stories” that had happened to them during their internship, we needed, and fortunately found, one volunteer who was willing to share a brief experience with us that had stirred him up and that he was still concerned about. Continue reading
Status update…
…I am officially in the same relationship I’ve been in for the past 16 years and still happy. I do not play Farmville or Mafia Wars and I do not allow spying, viewing, sharing, networking, blogging, supervising, laughing, giving, taking … Continue reading
Educamp 2010 Hamburg
Das Educamp ist, wie vielfach beschrieben, schwer zu beschreiben. Ich hoffe, es bleibt so erfrischend – und wenn nicht, dann machen wir eben eine andere Dose auf. Continue reading
The Power of Time Off
In my view, all people, who, like me, are considering to do a sabbatical (mine will begin in fall 2010) should see this TED talk – pointed out to me by a student – star designer Stefan Sagemeister on the power of time off. Continue reading
end of course but not end of story
My course on business information systems ended today with the last presentation. 13 absolutely amazing blog-based student projects, some of them actual learning modules, some info sites, and some community sites, were turned in. Continue reading
LdL – what’s in it 4 me?
a couple of weeks ago, i used an opportunity today to talk about our experiences with blended learning at a class of an online learning course for lecturers at TU Berlin (sth. like “Berlin Institute of Technology”). there was a … Continue reading
from crisis to creativity …
… is the title of our brand new paper on undergraduates who craft their own online learning modules using the ILIAS open source learning management system at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. the paper is essentially a case … Continue reading
