Location: Stuck Between a Wiki and a Hard Place

It was simple to come up with a first detailed assignment for my class.  I think it accomplishes a major goal in the service of Tenchi’s Law: Break the Ice.  I want students to state one claim about SL and defend it, after seeing a series of videos and reading some articles about the virtual world.

The next step is trickier. After the writers have an initial impression of SL, how do I get them to navigate to key locations?  Do I provide them with landmarks or do I embed SLURLs into every page of the Wiki?

In the end, students can be easily overloaded, but providing multiple ways to complete tasks is not a bad idea. Read the expanded entry about why I decided to give my class both landmarks and SLURL links.

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I’ve used task based teaching as well.  Teach them how to use search, then give them a task to complete using it.  Start off easy, then make it more difficult.

It’s worked for me in the past.

Bailey

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