Working Together in Virtual Worlds 19 apr-2012 SITEARM

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Sitearm

● Planner and expediter for projects in community, spirituality, arts.

● Le nom en ligne for James Neville

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Working Together in Virtual Worlds

● Experience of working in a virtual world

● Overview of virtual tools

● 3D-Web as a platform for education

● Multiple affiliations and contemporary networking theory

● Q&A

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Project Tips

● Tell 'em

● Impossible underestimate

● Diverge, converge

● Facilitate, lead

Diverge, Converge

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Virtual Tool Tips

● Multi tool

● Parallel tool

● Real time

● Time Delay

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Virtual Tool Overview● Text

● Voice

● Image / Video

● 3D

● Email

● Twitter

● Blogs (Wordpress)

● Skype, Linked In

● Open Sim, Second Life

● Google, Bing - search

● YouTube, Vimeo - video

● Instructables - how to's

● Pinterest, Flickr - images

● Scoop.it!, Stories - online content curation

● Wiki's, Google Docs- collaborative documents

● Dropbox, YouSendIt - file

sharing

● Facebook, Google+ - real name required

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TV/film/booksStar Wars

Mirror worldsNASA

Fashion/lifestyle Zwinky

Toys/realworld games Hello Kitty

Roleplay/fantasy/questsWorld of Warcraft

Content creation Second Life

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3D Web Education

● DIT - Is One Life Enough

● MDI - Religion in Cyber Space

● MOSES - Military Open Simulator Enterprise Strategy

● Open vs. restricted access (e.g., minors)

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Multiple Identities

● Each of us have multiple affiliations with which we identify - e.g., nationality, profession, location, interests

Groups:

Individuals:Group (Affiliation) Individual (Name)

DVL Sharon

DVL Sabrina

LPC Beverly

EST Beverly

NCL Mary Beth

EXN Mary Beth

EXN Paul

EXN Arthur

EST Christoper

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Multiple Connections

● Multiple identities lead to multiple connections

Group Interlock Networks:

Individual Affiliation Networks:

NCL EXN EST LPC DVL

Bev ChrisChrisChrisChrisShar Sabr Mary Paul

Art

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Virtual Tools and Connections

● Multiple identities and connections are fluid

● Virtual tools multiply our reach

● Use multiple identities to match your multiple affiliations - guard privacy, post appropriately

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Recap

● Keep tabs on where you're going

– Your goals will adjust and change

● Use more than one virtual tool

– Balance the weaknesses of one with the strengths of another

● Keep tabs on your affiliations

– Your networks will adjust and change

*keep tabs on: to keep an account of; check on; observe

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Where To Find Out More

● James Neville - Owner, Development One LLC

– Blog - sitearm.wordpress.com

– Twitter - twitter.com/sitearm

● KZero Worldswide - Virtual World, MMO, and Social Gaming sector analytics, consulting, charts

– Universe Chart - VW/MMO companies by size, average user age and launch date kzero.co.uk

● Duncan J. Watts - Director, Human Social Dynamics Group; Principal Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research

– Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age, 2003 www.amazon.com

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Thank You!

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