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The next meeting will be on Monday, April 26th at 18.00 (UK time)
We will meet on Tuesday, April 27th at 19:15 (UK time)
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*note those in UK, timesWe are in GMT ie BST-1. When selecting in meetomatic, you can change the time zonemeeting on the drop down menu to double check local times.Monday 3rd May at 9pm
Presentation
We are presenting on Thursday 6th May at 7pm

{Student Teacher Interaction.ppt}
PRESENTATION OUTLINE - Thoughts on organizing information?
Exploring the creation of identity in a VLE

What aspects influence/affect the creation of identity in a VLE
Introduction
{Students´ Identity in an online learning environment.pptx}
Topic Statement and Question
Part 1 Defining Terms

Found participants used their avatar's appearance to construct shifting cultural identities (findings on
page 110)
Douglass Laura. 2007.Contemplative Online Learning Environments. Journal of Education.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:gwk21JbMkvgJ:www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/waoe/douglass.htm+how+is+identity+created+in+an+online+learning+enviroment&hl=es&gl=mx&strip=1
This article suggests the following regarding the creation of identity in a VLE
online students do not need a set identity. Students can fashion themselves as anyone because there is no physical reality for them to be tied to. Students may develop entirely false identity, or multiple identities. Students can develop profiles with pictures of their current self, or from five years earlier when they were younger and lighter. This dilemma has not yet been reported in higher education, but has certainly been looked at as socio-cultural phenomena in online community and chat rooms.
The question of identity in the online classroom raises similar issues for the traditional classroom: do we pressure students to create a specific identity for the classroom? Do we encourage a single visible identity, while encouraging other aspects of self to stay invisible? Acknowledging that students may have multiple identities, and inviting them to share those that are most relevant to the course work may be positive for both online and traditional classrooms.

JISC.info.net
A simple definition is 'A Virtual Learning Environment is a collection of integrated tools enabling the management of online learning, providing a delivery mechanism, student tracking, assessment and access to resources'. These integrated tools may be one product (e.g. BlackBoard, WebCT) or an integrated set of individual, perhaps open-source, tools.
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/virtual_identity.html
Virtual Identity
In online virtual communities, such as online [[@#|chat rooms]] or in online games, a virtual identity is one created by the human user that acts as an interface between the physical person and virtual person other users see on their computer screen

PRESENTATION OUTLINE - Thoughts on organizing information?
Exploring the creation of identity in a VLE
What aspects influence/affect the creation of identity in a VLE
Introduction
Topic Statement and Question