{"id":74953,"date":"2021-04-20T08:22:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=74953"},"modified":"2021-05-15T19:08:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T23:08:57","slug":"penn-students-use-digital-platform-gather-to-imitate-in-person-office-hours-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/04\/20\/penn-students-use-digital-platform-gather-to-imitate-in-person-office-hours-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn students use digital platform Gather to imitate in-person office hours [Lee]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2020\/10\/gather-town-penn-cis-virtual-office-hours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Penn students use digital platform Gather to imitate in-person office hours<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from thedp.com by Isaac Lee; with thanks to Professor Sue Ellen Christian for this resource<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Excerpt:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As students yearn for in-person interaction and the familiarity of their school buildings, platforms like Gather are filling the void \u2014 virtually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gather.town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gather<\/a>, also known as Gather.town, simulates buildings and classrooms on campus where students, professors, and teaching assistants can interact with one another through personal avatars during office hours. Its main feature, &#8220;Interaction Distance,&#8221; launches a video call between users whose avatars are within five steps from each other in the virtual space. As the users&#8217; avatars walk away from each other, their video and audio quality decrease, simulating an in-person interaction.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Also see:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gather.town\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-74954 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gather-April-2021-374x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image shows how people can gather around at the office, in a conference room, at a university, other -- https:\/\/gather.town\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gather-April-2021-374x1024.jpg 374w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gather-April-2021-55x150.jpg 55w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gather-April-2021-561x1536.jpg 561w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gather-April-2021.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><br \/>\nNow picture this in VR.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn students use digital platform Gather to imitate in-person office hours &#8212; from thedp.com by Isaac Lee; with thanks to Professor Sue Ellen Christian for this resource Excerpt: As students yearn for in-person interaction and the familiarity of their school buildings, platforms like Gather are filling the void \u2014 virtually. 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