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German Folk High School Goslar (Volkshochschule Goslar) in Second Life
Grundtvig is regarded as the founder of the Folk High School. He got his inspiration for the concept from the English boarding schools, but Grundtvig's focus was not on formal education but on popular education and enlightenment.
The idea was to give the peasantry and other people from the lower layers of society a higher educational level through personal development; what Grundtvig called “the living word”.
The language and history of the fatherland, its constitution and main industries (farming) along with the folk song should be the guiding principles for the education within a Christian framework[1].
What's happening in Goslar, Germany?
Volkshochschule is the brand name of a national governmental adult education organization in Germany. In almost every town in Germany, there are adult learning classes from one of the over 1000 Volkshochschul-Institutes. All Volkshochschulen (vhs) operate individually, but cooperate together.
In March 2007, the Volkshochschule of Goslar, a small town between Hannover and Göttingen in the north of Germany, opened an extension in Second Life.
In February 2008, they won the European e-learning award eureleA 2008 for their unconventional ideas in teaching in Second Life and for their way of keeping contact to learning performers and interested residents.
http://www.vhs-sl.de/english/index.htm
Second Life in-world group (607 members)
http://world.secondlife.com/group/5521c698-c707-3808-251e-be0b4ed714c4
Visit their in-world location and get their freebies
http://world.secondlife.com/place/56091e87-22a2-f0e2-ce04-5c4a11085efc
How can you envision this happening in your country, in real life or even in a 3D virtual/immersive environment?
The idea was to give the peasantry and other people from the lower layers of society a higher educational level through personal development; what Grundtvig called “the living word”.
The language and history of the fatherland, its constitution and main industries (farming) along with the folk song should be the guiding principles for the education within a Christian framework[1].
What's happening in Goslar, Germany?
Volkshochschule is the brand name of a national governmental adult education organization in Germany. In almost every town in Germany, there are adult learning classes from one of the over 1000 Volkshochschul-Institutes. All Volkshochschulen (vhs) operate individually, but cooperate together.
In March 2007, the Volkshochschule of Goslar, a small town between Hannover and Göttingen in the north of Germany, opened an extension in Second Life.
In February 2008, they won the European e-learning award eureleA 2008 for their unconventional ideas in teaching in Second Life and for their way of keeping contact to learning performers and interested residents.
http://www.vhs-sl.de/english/index.htm
Second Life in-world group (607 members)
http://world.secondlife.com/group/5521c698-c707-3808-251e-be0b4ed714c4
Visit their in-world location and get their freebies
http://world.secondlife.com/place/56091e87-22a2-f0e2-ce04-5c4a11085efc
How can you envision this happening in your country, in real life or even in a 3D virtual/immersive environment?
Tags: adult, folk, german, goslar, high, learning, school, vhs, volkshochschule
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