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By: Samantha Wright Allen <\/em><\/p>\n

Peggy Hartwick sits before her computer, mouse clicking rapidly as she directs her red-shirted avatar to walk, then run, between virtual campus corridors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is me in 3D,\u201d says Hartwick, who teaches ESL for academic purposes at Carleton \u2013 with a twist.<\/p>\n

She uses the online environment, which was designed at Carleton, to help her students become more comfortable with the language. She can share any indoor or outdoor space on campus with her students\u2019 avatars and get them to communicate in a variety of ways – from talking on headsets to using a webcam to typing instant messages.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to accomplish something, they have to speak, so it pushes them to take risks with their language,\u201d Hartwick explains.<\/p>\n

The 3D environment even includes a replica of downtown Ottawa, complete with a market and residential homes, that prompts learning of items in those spaces.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe barriers of time and place are gone,\u201d says Hartwick, who has been teaching for 10 years. \u201cWe can replicate spaces that a traditional classroom couldn\u2019t offer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what technology does is that for the most part everybody\u2019s communicating, whereas in a traditional classroom, people will sit and be very passive.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s become known in her department for creative technology-based methods and it\u2019s one of the reasons why Hartwick was one of the 2013 Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award winners at Carleton.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s been years in the making. She was approached to use the program in a pilot project a few years ago and she\u2019s never looked back. Now French and Russian classes are using them too and Hartwick hopes the university can eventually offer virtual lessons before international students even arrive.<\/p>\n

She says she became a believer when a normally shy student, who never uttered a word in the traditional classroom, became the group leader online.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe just blossomed,\u201d Hartwick says. \u201cThat\u2019s what really hooked me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing for me as a language teacher is that they feel comfortable speaking. They don\u2019t care about making mistakes. Seeing them helping each other in the environment is thrilling.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fact, she\u2019s so fascinated by its potential that in September Hartwick started her PhD, which will centre on a theoretical underpinning for the 3D space\u2019s capabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe in it. I don\u2019t think it should take over the classroom at all. I think this is in addition to. It\u2019s about providing alternatives and making learning accessible and interesting,\u201d Hartwick says.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s still the early days and I just want to keep pushing the limits.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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