Taxonomy of Virtual Environments
As I began here in a previous post I’m working on a taxonomy of virtual environments. By describing the ten most important defining characteristics of virtual environments I hope to help educators (and others) learn to define environments, choose the space best suited for their own use, and begin to create a matrix that will pave the way for the development of new environments that will fill the gaps between what is now available.
When I posted before I agreed to post a follow-up to let you know how the project has progressed. You can see the new chart here. This PDF is just one page of the chapter I’m writing but if you refer to the previous post linked above you’ll see how it’s changed from the earlier version. I’m quite happy with how the new taxonomy is working to illuminate the important differences and revealing similarities between various environments. When the book that this chapter will appear in is published I’ll post a link to it as well.
Though the deadline is looming, I’m always happy to get intelligent feedback.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:58 am
Looking good Sarah!
There are a few caveats you might want to consider:
Access: Is it possible to seperate out the read/write access issues? ie its possible to have a wiki or blog with restricted read access. Also to have private areas in Second Life.
Also latest versions of LMS such as blackboard have wiki and blog tools inside the LMS… with access controlled through the LMS.
Relationship with other users: An important caveat is the griefer or wiki-vandal.
Please give us the “in press” reference when the paper gets submitted!
January 22nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Hello Sarah,
I’m someone who will surely meet you very soon.
I know how you write but I don’t know how you speak, your physical appearence. See you soon.
All the best,
K.