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Title: Teaching with Technology: The VROMA Virtual Community


1
Teaching with Technology The VROMA Virtual
Community
  • Barbette Stanley Spaeth, Tulane University
  • Diane Harris-Cline, University of Cincinnati

2
What is VROMA?
3
A Virtual Community
  • A community of teachers and students who help to
    create on-line resources for teaching Latin and
    ancient Roman culture and who use these resources
    in their courses

4
A Virtual Space
  • An on-line place, modeled in part on ancient
    Rome, where students and teachers can interact
    both synchronously and asynchronously, hold
    courses and lectures, and share resources for the
    study of the ancient world

5
A Collection of Resources
  • A collection of and filter for Internet
    resources, including texts, commentaries, images,
    maps, and other materials. These resources are
    extendable and customizable for a variety of
    reading levels and curricula.

6
A Project Funded by the NEH
  • Initial funding for the VROMA project was
    provided by the National Endowment for the
    Humanities.
  • The directors of VROMA are
  • Suzanne Bonefas, Associated Colleges of the South
  • Michael Arnush , Skidmore College
  • Kenny Morrell, Rhodes College
  • Barbara McManus, College of New Rochelle
  • Steve Nimis, Miami University

7
What are the objectives of VROMA?
8
Overview
  • The VROMA project has been designed to test five
    hypothesizes about the role modern information
    technology can play in facilitating the teaching
    and learning of Classics.

9
Promote Effective Learning
  • Technologys capacity for simultaneous
    presentation of different types of resources
    promotes effective learning in Classics.

10
Generate Interest in Teaching and Learning
Classics
  • Technologys capacity to create a sense of
    immediacy and intimate contact with the classical
    world generates interest and personal investment
    in teaching and learning Classics.

11
Bridge Diversity, Develop Community and Foster
Collaboration
  • Technologys capacity for rapid and efficient
    communication helps to bridge diversity, develop
    community, and foster collaboration among
    individuals in distant locations and different
    types of institutions

12
Expedite Distance Learning and Cross-Institutional
Collaborative Courses
  • The coupling of cross-platform, time-independent
    web technology with real-time, interactive MOO
    technology expedites distance learning and
    cross-institutional collaborative courses.

13
Improve General Technological Interest and
Proficiency
  • Guided and goal-oriented use of technology in
    Classics courses improves general technological
    interest and proficiency.

14
How does VROMA work?
15
Dual Interface
  • VROMA unites two types of Internet technology
    World-Wide-Web and MOO.
  • WWW provides opportunity to display images and
    provide links to other sites.
  • MOO provides textual descriptions and enables
    users to experience virtual reality, in that
    they can speak and act inside a virtual space.

16
MOO
  • Multi-user Object-Oriented Enviroment
  • Derived from MUD Multi-User Dungeon
  • Origins in Dungeons and Dragons
  • Now used as pedagogical tool to create space in
    which students and teachers can interact live
    online.

17
A Demonstration of VROMA
18
Home Page of VROMA (1)
19
Home Page of VROMA (2)
20
Home Page of VROMA (3)
21
Web Gateway (1)
22
Web Gateway (2)
23
Loading VROMA
24
VROMA Windows
25
Prima Porta Vromana (1)
26
Prima Porta VRomana (2)
27
Characters in VROMA (1)
28
Characters in VROMA (2)
29
Characters in VROMA (3)
30
Characters in VROMA (4)
31
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