Ideas for building adaptive play into SL sessions

Building a bridge exercise

Students will be asked to populate two islands and bridge the gap between each using team work. The task will test building techniques in SL as well as improve team working skills. Each team(S) will start building from their respective islands and meet the others halfway. The number of primatives used will not be limited at first but as the teams become more skilled they will be. Size of meshes will also be limited ie the length/height of primatives.


Navigation between two points

Students will be asked to navigate between two rooms within a structure in SL. Initially the route will be simple but on completion the route back will change ( Adapting maze?)

Ravine game

Bottomless room with pillars/floating mini discs or islands. Players have a set number of planks of wood (prims) to navigate from discs/islands. Number of planks reduced on completion and/or gaps get bigger!

Stationary punishment

Player becomes too stationary within a set space automatically gets teleported to a location to find a particular object to bring back to set location.

Initial ideas

I am thinking of using my main project work in Second Life as the focus for Adaptive Play too. My students at Cornwall College find it difficult to see the relevance of contextual studies/History of Design and Art to their chosen area of study, whether that be Animation or Multimedia. I think Second Life would be a great place to widen there horizons and get them seeing in different ways to complete assignments in an original, fun and engaging way.

I am hoping to set up SL in my class room soon allowing me to experiment with various task/games etc to see how the students adapt to this way of learning.
I am hoping to expand this research to offer the College a fun and immersive way of improving enthusiasm for theory/conceptual based assignments, as well meeting the need for cultural diversity and equality. I also want to provide a space where students can exhibit their work, which is not restricted by opening times or the space it which it will reside.