This document provides an introduction and overview for a supervision internship course offered in Second Life. It outlines the course objectives of evaluating internship experiences in a peer group, learning professional communication skills, and presenting what was learned. Students are expected to attend weekly virtual sessions to participate in discussions, role-plays, and presentations. They also must complete weekly discussion posts and submit their best posts at the end of the term. The document reviews the various virtual tools that will be used for the different course activities, such as group work spaces, an auditorium for lectures and role-plays, and a feedback area. It emphasizes the importance of confidentiality and telling stories over just presenting facts.

1. Supervision Internship
IBMan Programme 401591
Introduction to the
Supervision Internship
Marcus Birkenkrahe (aka Birkenkrahe Aya)
Johannes Radig (aka Johannes Edelmann)

2. Agenda
Welcome & Overview
WHO: Introductions
WHAT: Course Objectives & Content
HOW: In-World & Moodle Teaching Tools
HOW: Storytelling
WHEN: Next Steps
Discussion
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3. Welcome & Overview
5th term of this 100% virtual supervision course
Designed to support you wherever you are
5 credit points / 4 SWS / 54 + 96 = 150 hrs course load
In practice: ca. 180 minutes per week including session
Lushly supported by two supervisors (Johannes & me)
Relies on your cooperation and spirit of adventure!
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4. Introductions
Your supervisor: Marcus Birkenkrahe (friendly centaur)
Your technical tutor: Johannes Radig (fierce pirate)
Please introduce yourself:
– What's your real name and where do you hail from?
– Where do you do your internship? (place & firm)
– What are your expectations for this course?
– What are your questions at this point (if any)?
Put a version of your answer into your moodle profile
together with your photo, please. Update your avatar
profile before you leave. Get the T-Shirt & wear it.
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5. Course Objectives & Content
Evaluate of your own experiences in a peer group
Learn to communicate professionally in the work place
Present and role play what you've learnt in a group setting
Feedback check and techniques
Communication training & role plays
Presenting your case and coaching others
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6. Your Online Tasks (Second Life)
Show up every week at 12 pm CEST or 7:45 pm CEST:
if you're able to make the mid-day session: come please
Be present when your avatar is online: get up and stretch
when you're in danger of falling asleep (I may nudge you)
Participate in the discussion both via voice and chat
Present your internship and participate in our role-plays:
you'll get instructions on how to prepare that via Moodle
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7. Your Offline Tasks (Moodle)
Answer weekly questions (well) on the forum
Engage in discussions by responding (well) on the forum
End-of-term submission of your best posts w/short review
Submit printout of your contributions deadline mid-July
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8. Storytelling
— Which elements comprise a story?
— How do you know if someone's
telling a story (or just giving facts)?
— Have I told a story today (so far)?
Further interesting reading on storytelling in a professional
(corporate) context: Steve Denning http://bit.ly/IOQk5C
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9. Forum Posts
Good forum posts are like good blog posts:
—Engaged, always focused on story, with emotional content
—Considered, responding to something (not preaching)
—Qualified, drawing on information outside of your head
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10. In-World Presentation
Good presentations tell a STORY, too:
—Engaged, always focused on story, with emotional content
—Considered, showing you've thought about your material
—Qualified, building on accurate objective information
Good presentations don't just recount facts (no matter how
attractively told: beware, self/marketing experts).
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11. Important: Confidentiality
Good stories are authentic, too.
There can be no authenticity without openness.
There can be no openness without confidentiality and trust.
All information shared either in-world (Second Life)
or via Moodle (password-protected) will remain
confidential to course participants.
At the same time: always exercise caution with real
information — as a rule, don't name names
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12. Next steps
Post your first answers to our weekly question!
Schedule your presentation and role play session!
We need a few volunteers to kick us off next week!
Consider to switch to the lunch-time course (12 pm)
Let's go to the Opinionator now
and vote on the following
question: „This is the course
that I expected it would be!“
Welcome | Objectives | Tools | Introductions | Next | Discussion Birkenkrahe / LV 401591 SS 2012 / 12

13. The Tail End: Technology
AND NOW:
A FEW SLIDES ON OUR
TOOLS IF YOU CARE
(you really don't have to)
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14. Teaching Tools - Spaces
The Virtual HWR in Second Life® is divided in different
learning spaces —watch http://bit.ly/HWRvideoE for details.
Orientation
Groupwork
Auditorium
Feedback
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15. Teaching Tools – Orientation
Orientation: treasure cave, school balloon on-site; guided
tour to off-site locations offering interactive experiences
Train your avatar by visiting these places and if you haven't
done it yet, schedule training with our tutor Johannes.
Cave: movement
Balloon: notecard training & fun Fountain: camera
instructions & simple
control training & fun
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16. Teaching Tools – Groupwork
Group work: tables; SL group for voice/chat; shared media
walls for collaboration (GDocs, Etherpad).
We'll try to keep it
simple throughout.
Shared media Don't hesitate to
collaboration
ask questions. And
Group
tables don't be alarmed:
after a couple of
Viewer: sessions, you'll feel
instructions
really at home in
Media: YouTube your new avatar.
& Twitter wall
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17. Teaching Tools - Auditorium
Auditorium: media wall, viewers for lectures; a stage for role
playing; a Google Calendar for in-world events.
The in-world sessions
will sometimes begin
Shared online
with a short lecture.
Calendar Please be on time &
save your chats locally.
In this space, we will
perform role-plays and
Stage for
Role playing you will present on your
internship experiences
to the whole group.
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18. Teaching Tools - Feedback
Feedback offline and online via the Opinionator using
prepared and improvised questions & discussion topics
Whenever there's time we'll close the session with a short
survey where your avatars can vote with their feet.
You simply walk into the
Opinionator and the distribution
of votes is shown in the center
of the object.
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19. Don't miss the movie!
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