Introduction to virtual reality – two online courses
Did you always want to know what Virtual Reality exactly is? Or you are not sure what the difference between AR, VR, MR and XR is? How old is VR do you think? Would you like to know about the…
Revisiting virtual reality for language education: reuniting with my avatar
It’s been eight years since I left the 3D virtual world of Second Life after a few years of experimenting with teaching English, co-creating the SLExperiments groups for teachers interested in language education in SL, and conducting teacher training! A couple of…
2020: new teaching experiences, new role
New teaching experience I’ve taught ten and six-week EAP pre-sessional courses at UK universities since 2011. In 2020, I was supposed to be teaching my tenth course, but I wasn’t keen on travelling and mixing with so many people for…
Are libraries becoming digital… and is this a good thing?
I’ve been spending the last couple of days in the university library collecting information on various topics, but have only looked at one physical book. I’ve been downloading articles, chapters from ebooks, and occasionally even complete books. The University of…