SECOND LIFESECOND LIFE

A new way for teaching and learning

Virtual world benefits through

real world solutions

Socialising...

WRONG – clothing for avatars Tools for Second Life users

Organisations from the real world

University of Edinburgh

Eduserv

Monash University

Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Role play in Roma

Problem solving activity as part of SL Induction workshop

Running a business – use the SL economy

Abyss Museum of Ocean Science

Assisi

Spaceport Alpha

Lectures without travelling?

Public Works Island

Genetics

Camp Darfur

Sailing – use the physics engine

Flying and skydiving

...mmm – next time maybe a parachute?

SOME KEY POINTSSOME KEY POINTS

• Interest and engagement• Induction• Resources• Use the students?• Classrooms and slideshows• Equipment• Firewalls – be kind to ICT Services!

GETTING STARTEDGETTING STARTED

• www.secondlife.com• Create an account and get your own avatar• Go exploring• Talk to people• Join interest groups• Join the SLED list and JISC virtual worlds list• Start off with some field trips• Have fun!

Pauline Randall (Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life)

Second Life Solution ProviderSecond Life DeveloperE-learning Consultant

www.virtual-e.co.ukPauline.randall@virtual-e.co.uk

virtual-e Island in Second Lifehttp://slurl.com/secondlife/virtual%20e/130/127/24

Virtual world benefits through real world

solutions

Places to visit in Second Life and some useful websites

WEB RESOURCESWEB RESOURCES

• Business Communicators of Second Life - http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/ • Companies in Second Life -

http://slbusinesscommunicators.pbwiki.com/Companies+in+Second+Life • Educause Review - http://connect.educause.edu/er?time=1222711572 • Institutions & Organisations in SL -

http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL • JISC gaming report -

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearninginnovation/gamingreport_v3.pdf

• Second Life – www.secondlife.com • Second Life Security -

https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5566

• Second Life Stats - http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php • SLED (Second Life Educators) List -

https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators • SLED Blog - http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ • Times – McKinsey Interview -

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3803056.ece • Virtual World Watch – Snapshots http://virtualworldwatch.net/snapshots/

• Other options• Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml

SECOND LIFE LOCATIONSSECOND LIFE LOCATIONS

• Abyss Museum of Ocean Science - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82 • Autodesk Island – Engineering Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/220/117/22 • Bowling Green State University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Creation/255/255/33 • Camp Darfur - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/175/247/21 • Chinese School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chinese%20School/130/196/22 • Dresden Art Gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/168/128/26 • Edinburgh University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edinburgh%20University/128/128/28 • Eduserv Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduserv%20Island/104/40/29 • Genome Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/135/92/29 • Honawan – Planetarium - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honawan/96/122/421 • Illinois State – Geography-Geology - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Geo%20Island/89/73/504• Ivory Tower Library of Primitives - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/213/164/28 • Leeds College of Art & Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/44/69/34 • Monash University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monash%20University/109/147/28 • Via Montenapoleone http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montenapoleone/144/178/32 • Port Spinoza - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Port%20Spinoza/120/129/23 • Second Health - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Health%20London/126/154/27 • Streets of Baghdad - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/182/192/23• USC Marshall Business School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/USC%20Marshall/128/128/2 • Western Australia Police - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hwanung/161/146/256

Virtual world benefits through

real world solutions