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TCC09: Digital Learning Environments: Context Sensitive and Imaginative Classes in Second Life

Experiencing eLearning

Summary: “Ready to teach with Second Life, but not sure how to begin? Using it already, but need to migrate your course content for virtual world delivery? Come prepared to have fun as we explore how to design learning activities for use in Second Life. Start building objects by the second session.

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TCC08: Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier

Experiencing eLearning

OK, I admit that I’m not really expecting to be able to apply anything in Second Life for my current job. Content: course design. Dr. Dobbs Life 2.0: [link]. Second Life is a “context-rich environment&#. variety of course delivery methods. People are interested in avatars, sense of self.

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Much Happening in Second Life

Kapp Notes

Assisting us expertly was Matt Monahan my graduate assistant who has been helping me with many Second life tasks. Which, of course, was a perfect use of Second Life. We provided a little tour with Brent Schlenker discussing the uses of Second Life for providing learning solutions.

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Expelled: Woodbury's Second Life Silencing

Learning with e's

Today, Tim Handorf writes about the experiences of one university in Second Life. We all know that Second Life, the virtual reality world that has become basically indistinguishable from our increasingly unreal physical worlds, is a powerful tool for learning. The university paid good money for it, too. 20@googlemail.com.

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Congressional Sub-Committee Meets in Second Life

Kapp Notes

Could Second Life be used as a place to launder money? At least they are trying to understand what they are eventually going to regulate (of course they are going to regulate it.just a matter of time.) __ Catalog of Recommended Books, Games and Gadgets Recommended Games and Gadgets Recommended Books Content Guide

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Second Life and Learning

Tony Karrer

I just read through a great post by Rich Hoeg which talks about his learning around Second Life. I think that Second Life is not going to turn out to be the winner because of technical issues, e.g., firewalls.

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Face Lift for Our Second Life Space

Kapp Notes

Old Classroom Space In honor of the Second Life workshop I will be starting next week (still time to sign up, click here for more information ), we have given the MSIT Second Life classroom space a little make over. You can see some of the "before and after" screen shots.