The Deep Dive

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The Deep Dive is a series of short podcasts exploring the undergraduate university module “Virtual Environments: Is one life enough”. The class, developed by the Second Life academic Acuppa Tae (John O’Connor) in 2009, has been offered continuously since then by Technological University Dublin in Ireland; and is delivered entirely online in this virtual world. Each episode concentrates on a different theme from the module and considers the impact on students. The podcast is a conversation generated by Google NotebookLM based on the website www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com. It is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025. 

Episodes

  1. Technology and Society

    08/21/2025

    Technology and Society

    In this eighth episode, we look back at the evolution of the ‘Technology and Society’ class over the last decade. John O’Connor, the course leader – known as Acuppa Tae in Second Life – introduced students to the ideas of Marshall McLuhan and Bernard Stiegler to promote discussion and inform their project work. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    34 min
  2. Metaliteracy and Digital Citizenship

    08/12/2025

    Metaliteracy and Digital Citizenship

    In this seventh episode, we reflect on the evolution of the ‘Metaliteracy and Digital Citizenship’ class over the years. Our guest speaker, Dr. Valerie Hill – known in Second Life as Valibrarian Gregg and author of Metamodernism and Changing Literacy: Emerging Research and Opportunities (2020) – examines how the post-Gutenberg Parenthesis reality is shaping contemporary life and education. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    33 min
  3. Team Work and Collaboration

    08/06/2025

    Team Work and Collaboration

    The sixth episode of The Deep Dive podcast looks back on how team building and collaboration has been taught over the years. Guest speaker Sitearm Madonna has taken the class since 2011 and developed a unique approach to teaching in a virtual world, bringing students from Ireland and Turkey together on mixed teams to deliver projects. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    36 min
  4. VWEC Student Challenge

    07/30/2025

    VWEC Student Challenge

    The fifth episode of The Deep Dive podcast is about how the professors and students took on the Virtual Worlds Education Consortium (VWEC) Student Challenge. Each Project Team had Irish, Turkish and Romanian students working together, mentored by a professor who supported them. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    15 min
  5. Walking away...?

    07/22/2025

    Walking away...?

    The fourth episode reflects on the class based aound Ursula K Le Guin’s short story ‘The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas’. The discussion follows the lecturers’ breakdown of the text and the reaction from students. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    16 min
  6. Online communities and relationships

    07/17/2025

    Online communities and relationships

    The third episode of The Deep Dive podcast looks at a community in Second Life known as Virtual Ability Island. Developed by former academic Gentle Heron for people with diabilities, their families, carers and friends, VAI has become an essential, and very real, place for its members. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    12 min
  7. Virtual Identities

    07/16/2025

    Virtual Identities

    The second episode of The Deep Dive podcast explores virtual identities and the philosophical nature of self. The guest speakers on the module share the nature of their avatar’s identities while exploring how identification with online presence can influence real life personalities in the ‘natural world’. The conversation, generated by Google NotebookLM from content on www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com, is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025.

    15 min
  8. Teaching in a virtual world

    07/15/2025

    Teaching in a virtual world

    This first episode of The Deep Dive podcast gives an overview of the award-winning university module offered at Technological University Dublin since 2009. “Virtual Environments: Is one life enough?” introduces undergrads to the art of working collaboratively online. All classes are taken in the virtual world Second Life so that participants are immersed in practice from the begining as they explore topics ranging from the development of online communities and relationships to virtual identities.

    16 min
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The Deep Dive is a series of short podcasts exploring the undergraduate university module “Virtual Environments: Is one life enough”. The class, developed by the Second Life academic Acuppa Tae (John O’Connor) in 2009, has been offered continuously since then by Technological University Dublin in Ireland; and is delivered entirely online in this virtual world. Each episode concentrates on a different theme from the module and considers the impact on students. The podcast is a conversation generated by Google NotebookLM based on the website www.virtualenvironmentsmodule.com. It is produced by Acuppa Tae in 2025. 

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    Acuppa Tae
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  • Episodes
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