Education and the Second Life Ecosystem

Who is this guy?

Love me some data!

Seen this screen before?

What I knew – where it all began

First educational discounted island, Brigadoon Island, purchased in 2004 by John Prototype

Brigadoon Island, a collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Brain Talk Communities, focused on helping people with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism

Large

Global Growing

Committed

COMMUNITY

Over 750 educational institutions, including over 600 colleges and universities

Represent over 40 countries, with nearly 50% of

institutions outside of United States

Number of education-focused

regions grew by 16% during 2009

Educational regions have 50% more sessions per resident than the Second Life average

What I learned – how far it’s come: an inspiring community

Top educational organizations from around the globe

North America Europe Asia Oceania

Waseda UniversityUtrecht UniversityMcMaster University

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

University of Auckland

Victoria University Wellington

University of Sydney

University of Queensland

Events & Meetings Training & Simulations

And non-educational organizations as well!

Lots of different sectors

Lots of different countries

NOTE: Numbers won’t match previous slide because these figures include Solution Providers

Education geographic split similar to that of organizations overall

But colleges and universities are definitely the big dog in town

IMPLICATIONS FOR

EDUCATION

IMPLICATIONS FOR

E-LEARNING=

E-learning covers more than education

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University of Texas System Coalition Island IBM

•University of California System

•State University of New York

•New York City Public Schools

•Global Health Consortiums

•Public Services Associations

•United Nations, G8, ISO

•Department-focused islands

•Recruiting and staffing

•Global conferences

Education Functional Hubs Enterprise

Moving from what exists today to what’s possible in the future

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Times they are a changing

Collaboration becoming easier

Whiteboard Share Desktop

Present

Now I am ready to meet!

Need to collaborate with non-educational organizations

Learning from, and giving to, other communities

Make inter-community sharing more systematic…

…first let’s start with understanding what educators are doing

http://edudirectory.secondlife.com/

The answer…

But…

And there are good models out there

Onward and upward…

QUESTIONS???