Foreign language learning in Second Life and the implications for resource provision in academic libraries

This project focuses on foreign language learning in Second Life and the implications for resource provision in academic libraries. In this context Second Life does not refer to the later years in life but to an online virtual world frequented by thousands of people simultaneously. Hislope sees it as “an excellent potential resource for supplementing foreign language classes” and this project aims to establish whether academic libraries have a role to play in this.The Arcadia Programme has been funded by a generous grant from the Arcadia Fund. http://www.arcadiafund.org.u

Fostering Creativity via Technoself Enhanced Learning with Emerging Technologies

Creative and collaborative learning has profound implications for all parts of the system we have built up in our societies — not only the education systems but also the social, economic and cultural systems. Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) research has increasingly focused on emerging technologies, Extended Reality (XR) to improve learner’s engagement in enriched multimodal learning environments. This paper recommends technoself pedagogy and investigates XR for creative learning as a frontier in TEL. In partnership with cultural sectors, we introduce the agile working process in the collaboration with the Alexandra Park and Palace Charitable Trust (AP) and report the project development of two pilot apps based on the proposed methodology. As a result, students as co-creators were engaged in pilot collaborative projects to work on the digital solutions that promote unforgettable stories. The prototypes exploited the latest development of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and game and mobile technology. The pilot pedagogical practice focuses on providing a vibrant collaborative learning environment which fosters innovation and creativity, informed by practice, inspired by TEL research across disciplines. The collaborative learning practices also support cultural sectors to inspire their visitors and to help curators think beyond their current boundaries, providing a new, mixed media and technological approach to raise cultural awareness to wider audiences