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Beginning of the Year Tips: Five Things Students Should Know Before Creating Their Second Life AccountsIt’s August which means, of course, back to school time! The SLed mailing is is abuzz with questions about account creation, syllabus guidelines, and other issues related to bringing new students into the Second Life grid for the first time.
Let’s start with tips about account creation!
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Learning Agreements
Individual Learning Plans and Learning Agreements could be the most effective form of assessment in a structure like The Polychronic Classroom.
From the wonderful SLED listserve:
We use an model for assessment that utilises something we call a ‘Learning Agreement’which is a combination of dissertation and personal development document.
> • an individual creative approach to study as described in and > negotiated through the Learning Agreement.> • the demonstration of a consolidated ability to research and > produce visual outcomes which reflect the approach to study and > which are capable of functioning within the context of graphic arts > and design practice.> • the demonstration of a developed utilisation of appropriate > technical and practical skills in the mediation of ideas and > intentions> • through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of an > informed capacity for self-critical reflection.> • through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of the > ability to situate the practice within the wider technical, social > and cultural contexts of graphic arts and design> • the ability to effectively articulate and communicate > intentions and outcomes to others within appropriate academic and > professional contexts."
Learning Agreements
Individual Learning Plans and Learning Agreements could be the most effective form of assessment in a structure like The Polychronic Classroom.
From the wonderful SLED listserve:
We use an model for assessment that utilises something we call a ‘Learning Agreement’which is a combination of dissertation and personal development document.
> • an individual creative approach to study as described in and > negotiated through the Learning Agreement.> • the demonstration of a consolidated ability to research and > produce visual outcomes which reflect the approach to study and > which are capable of functioning within the context of graphic arts > and design practice.> • the demonstration of a developed utilisation of appropriate > technical and practical skills in the mediation of ideas and > intentions> • through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of an > informed capacity for self-critical reflection.> • through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of the > ability to situate the practice within the wider technical, social > and cultural contexts of graphic arts and design> • the ability to effectively articulate and communicate > intentions and outcomes to others within appropriate academic and > professional contexts."
Learning Agreements
Individual Learning Plans and Learning Agreements could be the most effective form of assessment in a structure like The Polychronic Classroom.
From the wonderful SLED listserve:
We use an model for assessment that utilises something we call a ‘Learning Agreement’which is a combination of dissertation and personal development document.
> • an individual creative approach to study as described in and > negotiated through the Learning Agreement.> • the demonstration of a consolidated ability to research and > produce visual outcomes which reflect the approach to study and > which are capable of functioning within the context of graphic arts > and design practice.> • the demonstration of a developed utilisation of appropriate > technical and practical skills in the mediation of ideas and > intentions> • through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of an > informed capacity for self-critical reflection.> • through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of the > ability to situate the practice within the wider technical, social > and cultural contexts of graphic arts and design> • the ability to effectively articulate and communicate > intentions and outcomes to others within appropriate academic and > professional contexts."
