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		<title>To use or not to use&#8230;..Viewer 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just read this very interesting post from Sitearm discussing the pros and cons (well pros mostly!) of using Viewer2 with new student users of Second Life.  It certainly gave me food for thought as I reflect on my &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/to-use-or-not-to-use-viewer-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=197&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VLENZ is born&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the last few months of the SLENZ project last year, we have been hoping that we would be able to keep the team together in some way and make good use of all the good things we learnt &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/vlenz-is-born/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=183&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community in Distributed Spaces&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lost track of the number of times over the last few weeks that I have been somewhere in the OpenSim grid and heard someone say &#8220;This is like SL in the early days &#8211; I love it&#8221;.  This &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/community-in-distributed-spaces/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=174&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My world, my imagination&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since my first encounters with OpenSim in 2008 I had understood the vast potential that it offered but my experiences within it were frustrating, silent and lonely.  I had little patience with textures that wouldn&#8217;t stick,  with crashing sims and &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/my-world-my-imagination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=147&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A new chapter</title>
		<link>http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/a-new-chapter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arwennastardust</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My interest in virtual worlds, and education, in them has been seriously re-energised by the happenings in the metaverse over the last few weeks.  As some of you will remember I spent a great deal of time and energy 2007-2009 &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/a-new-chapter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=137&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finally &#8211; it all comes together! Midwives and SL.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/?p=131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So many times over the last few months I have doubted whether I would ever be able to write this post!  At midnight last Saturday I was sure it would never be written but thanks to some awesome teamwork that &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/finally-it-all-comes-together-midwives-and-sl/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=131&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project Development Roadmap</title>
		<link>http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/project-development-roadmap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our current thinking on the process of developing our SL learning activities can be found here in the SLENZ  Project Development Roadmap.  This is by no means a finished document! Plenty of thinking, refining and developing to do yet but &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/project-development-roadmap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=126&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SLENZ Project Development Roadmap &#8211; Background</title>
		<link>http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/slenz-project-development-roadmap-background/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arwennastardust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This section provides a little background to the Development Roadmap. Please see the other postings for details of the three main phases.  If you would like a copy of the whole document please leave me a message and I will &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/slenz-project-development-roadmap-background/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=117&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phase 1. Develop the Conceptual Understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:53:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arwennastardust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purpose: This provides high level view of what the the project should achieve and why, the scope, the context, the participants, the method, the budget and the timeframe.  It may also include the measures by which success may be evaluated. &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/phase-1-develop-the-conceptual-understanding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=105&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phase 2. Develop the Learning Narrative</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arwennastardust</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Purpose: This phase deals with the design of the learning experience and the activities that it contains.  This phase will be repeated for each stage of the project and identify where it is building on work from the previous stage. &#8230; <a href="http://arwennastardust.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/develop-the-learning-narrative/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=arwennastardust.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2639138&amp;post=103&amp;subd=arwennastardust&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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