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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>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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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>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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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>&#8220;Authority&#8221; v. wikipedia (why teachers are picking the wrong fight)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, one of my media course (ed PD) classmates talked about the ongoing struggle to help students make sense of the flood of information online. She cited a negative experience with wikipedia, which resulted in an energetic exchange about the merits (and challenges) with open online content.
It&#8217;s not about &#8220;authority&#8221; nor should it be
As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books: Media Meltdown &#8211; A Graphic Guide Adventure (in media literacy!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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As a media producer, educator and outspoken advocate of emergent media pedagogy (social and participatory media, Remix culture, Open Source publishing and production, Creative Commons open licensing and citizen media in all forms), I&#8217;m delighted to announce the launch of my (full disclosure) partner, author, Liam O&#8217;Donnell&#8217;s newest graphic novel, Media Meltdown. While I am [...]]]></description>
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