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		<title>Situated Learning in WoW: Exploring Random dungeons (PUGs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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In my ongoing quest to locate the pedagogical value of games (via game play, research and dialalogue), I have come across an interesting example of situated learning in WoW: The random dungeon, or &#8220;PUG.&#8221;
For those of you unfamiliar with the term, here is an excellent and educator friendly overview written by my edu-guildie, Grenhilda:
&#8220;A PUG [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first machinima</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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My first machinima &#8211; Virtual World Learning v. H1N1
The above &#8220;news report&#8221; on H1N1 and virtual worlds is part of an assignment I just completed for an additional qualification course in Media at York University. The idea was to create two news reports in two different media. I chose to do a print story (forthcoming) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edusurfing with PMOG</title>
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This is PMOG, an online game that allows you to earn data points, level up and create thematic  &#8220;missions&#8221; from your web surfing. You can also create portals from one page to another or drop some loot or a mine on a page for another PMOG player to discover. All you need is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting educational in Second Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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Back in 2003, when Second Life arrived on the internets, I was not in a position to take part. My computer wasn&#8217;t fast enough and I didn&#8217;t have the time available. Since then, I resisted joining on the grounds that it seemed really materialistic and commercial. While there were indeed interesting things happening there, what [...]]]></description>
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