Drs. Doris Molero, Nancy L. Zingrone, and Nellie Deutsch: SLMOOC

Saturday, 7 May 2016

1pm GMT, 2pm UK, 11pm Tokyo, 6:30pm New Delhi, 9am New York, 6am Los Angeles

Drs. Doris Molero, Nancy L. Zingrone, and Nellie Deutsch

SLMOOC16: “Connecting in Virtual Worlds. Communities of Practice”

The third annual Second Life MOOC (SLMOOC16) took place from April 1-30, 2016. The theme of the MOOC was “Connecting in Virtual Worlds. Communities of Practice” Since There is a plethora of communities in virtual worlds promoting education and learning through connecting online via web technologies such as Second Life, the experienced focused on connecting online for collaborative learning and teaching around the world through virtual worlds like Second Life, .Minecraft, DigiWorldZ or OpenSim. 25 Live presentations included the speakers’ reflective process on teaching and learning as part of communities of practice in fully online and blended learning formats.
SLMOOC16 was intended for educators, schools, and public and private businesses that wish to provide training in virtual worlds. Weekly badges and a final certificate of completion were available for free.

Doris Molero (Ed.D) a.k.a Pionia Destiny combines teaching as a way to learn, education technology, and teaching for peace. Passionate about language learning, instructional design and related educational technologies, specifically 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments for situated, experiential learning.

Nancy L. Zingrone got her PhD in psychology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. She is a research psychologist who combines her thirty-year fascination with exceptional experiences with her passion for teaching. Dr. Zingrone is a part-time Professor of Psychology in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Northcentral University, an eager member of Dr. Nellie Deustch’s various teaching and learning networks, a Moodle and WizIQ facilitator, a community land manager and the curator of The AZIRE Library and Learning Center, both in the Chilbo Community in Second Life.

Dr. Nellie Deutsch (Ed.D) is an education technology advisor, English faculty member in blended learning and fully online programs at a university and faculty on leadership fully online in the transpersonal graduate programs at Atlantic University. She’s on the IATEFL YLTSIG, EDMedia executive and planning, WAOE, TESOL CALL-IS, HEIS and SSIS committees.