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Using Online Virtual Worlds to Engage with Students on Sustainability and Pro-Environmental Behaviour. Dr Simon Bignell Psychology , University of Derby. Student Action for Sustainability Conference Keele University, 29 th -30 th October, 2013 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Dr Simon Bignell Psychology, University of Derby
Student Action for Sustainability ConferenceKeele University, 29th-30th October, 2013
@miltonbroome www.miltonbroome.com #StudentAction
Using Online Virtual Worlds to Engage with
Students on Sustainability and Pro-Environmental
Behaviour
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Virtual Worlds for Sustainability• Why Education for Sustainable
Development ?• Development of Virtual Worlds for
Engaging Students• Research & Development
– PREVIEW-Psych and PREVIEW-Sustain projects• Spin-Off Projects• Web Resources• Challenge You to get involved!
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Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
• In 2009 updated their strategic statement and action plan – Sustainable Development in HE.
• “Sustainable development principles must lie at the core of the education system, such that schools, colleges and universities become show cases for sustainable development among the communities that they serve” • Securing the future; delivering the UK’s sustainable development strategy.
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The Sustainable Curriculum
• All graduates should have knowledge of sustainable development.
• Many will be leaders in the future.
• “Universities are uniquely placed.”• “About…Campus, community and
curriculum.”• “Preparing students for the
work of the world not just the world of work”.
• Sir Jonathon Porritt (Chancellor of Keele University).
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United Nations (UN)
• 2005-2014 the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
• Goal – to integrate the principles, values and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education and learning.
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Education for Sustainable Development
• Brundtland Commission: SD is… “…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
• Education is the means through which sustainable development can be achieved. UNESCO
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Photo of Virtual Lecture
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Virtual Neonatal Ward: for a Developmental Psychology Module at University of Derby
Video of Neonatal Unit (1m16s): http://youtu.be/sEd9s0toHuk
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Project webpage: http://previewpsych.org/
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“We worked as a team... this seemed much more valuable than just writing an essay or having a discussion.”
“I was thinking more about the real life Psychology because the avatars represented real people with real psychological problems.”
“...the content was easy to access and the tasks very enjoyable.”
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• Two Sustainability / Technology-Enhanced Learning Projects:– With Rosemary Horry (Environmental Sciences), HEA.– With Zaheer Hussain (Psychology), HEA Psychology Network.
• Evaluated different methods of embedding ESD in the curriculum.• Used Second Life to rate people’s pro-environmental behaviour and
attitudes to ‘green’ issues such as resources, recycling and energy use.
• Participants reported more ‘real world’ pro-environmental behaviour a week after seeing the videos.
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• In the problem-based learning scenarios we used programmed avatar interactions to lead the students to ask the question of
‘What is Sustainability?’ • The scenarios had some concrete examples from a contemporary
lifestyle perspective. • We constructed a series of learning scenarios for staff and students
that highlighted the motivational and behavioural factors that impact on sustainability
(e.g. resources, recycling and energy efficiency…)
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• Scenario 1. Resources: Small groups of students find out who has been using the most water in the virtual household and why, by interacting with the avatars and each other.
• Issues such as beliefs and behaviour about showers vs. bathing, washing the car and using the dishwasher were explored along with wider issues of sustainability of resources.
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Example project video (3m20s):http://youtu.be/N_0FNyUX1Uo
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• Scenario 2. Recycling: Students were tasked to establish what the issues are with one particular member of the family who is refusing to engage in pro-environmental behaviour.
• Issues such as beliefs about recycling paper, card and metal were explored in an attempt to find out why they think recycling is a good idea but nevertheless fail to engage in these activities.
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Project video (2m26s):http://youtu.be/i4FOB6Yf_HQ
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• Scenario 3. Energy Efficiency: Students worked in teams to answer questions about home energy use (e.g., leaving things on standby), replacing light bulbs with low wattage equivalents, whether using a microwave is better than the oven or the energy consumption of a washing machine at 30°C rather than 40°C.
Example project video (2m20s): http://youtu.be/EusqbduUejg
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‘Spin-Offs’ to Engage Students: ‘Teaching Cartoons’
• Staff & Students can use virtual worlds to create educational cartoons for learning.
• Rapidly developed and deployed to modules.
• Import straight into the virtual learning platform, web, YouTube or .pdf.
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‘JISC - Moving into Virtual Worlds - Emerging Practice in a Digital Age’
• Guide and Video– With Aston University
• JISC resources feature commentary and reflection on pedagogical applications of virtual worlds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aTvE2OBQHc
Emerging Practice in a Digital Age JISC VIDEO http://www.jisc.ac.uk/emergeresource
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Download available here:http://previewpsych.org/BPD2.0.pdf
Best Practices in Virtual Worlds Teaching: A guide to using problem-based learning in Second Life
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Using problem-based learning within 3D virtual worlds
• Published book chapter with Dr Vanessa Parson
(Sunderland University, Previously at Aston).– Parson, V. & Bignell, S. (2011). in
Hinrichs, R and Wankel, C (Eds), Transforming Virtual World Learning: Cutting-edge technologies in higher education, Vol. 4, pp. 245–265. Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Teynampet, India.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transforming-Learning-Cutting-edge-Technologies-Education/dp/1780520522
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How to visit the University of Derby Second Life Islands: 1) Create and avatar: http://tinyurl.com/GETAN-AVATAR2) Install Second Life: http://tinyurl.com/Download-SL 3) Teleport to us: http://tinyurl.com/DERBYSECONDLIFE
Virtual CampusFlythrough (1m6s): http://youtu.be/GQnyb87Zj0o
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Virtual Worlds for Sustainability• Why Education for Sustainable
Development ?• Development of Virtual Worlds for
Engaging Students• Research & Development
– PREVIEW-Psych and PREVIEW-Sustain projects• Spin-Off Projects• Web Resources• Challenge You to get involved!
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Contact Dr Simon BignellCentre for Psychological Research
University of Derby, UK [email protected]
@miltonbroome www.MiltonBroome.com www.PREVIEWPsych.org
www.Cyberpsychology.org
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Second Life Video Playlisthttp://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX4ftfKp-z4EAKaTUO9ALkvbbjCTYJj0G