Second Life: A Collaboration UIS-CSU-IDPH Presented by Deb Antoine-Vidorah Messmer Veronica Halloway-No Morane Julian Scheinbuks-Jules Gigamon

The Collaboration

History of the Collaboration Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Developed online BASUAH training Target Audience UIS experiments with Second Life Chicago State University Encourage students in Biology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases for non-majors to become BASUAH Ambassadors Experiment with teaching in Second Life

Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Developed online BASUAH training

Target Audience

UIS experiments with Second Life

Chicago State University

Encourage students in Biology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases for non-majors to become BASUAH Ambassadors

Experiment with teaching in Second Life

University of Illinois at Springfield 4700 students 21 bachelor degrees 25 minors 20 master degrees 1 doctoral degree 14 fully online degree programs E-tuition 30% growth 91% retention in online programs

Chicago State University 7,000 students 37 bachelor degrees 22 graduate degrees 1 doctoral degree Largest Minority Population in Illinois 80% African American 0.6% Asian American or Pacific Islander 6.7% Hispanic American 0.1% Native American 9.9% Caucasian 70% women, 30% men

7,000 students

37 bachelor degrees

22 graduate degrees

1 doctoral degree

Largest Minority Population in Illinois

80% African American

0.6% Asian American or Pacific Islander

6.7% Hispanic American

0.1% Native American

9.9% Caucasian

70% women, 30% men

Illinois Department of Public Health BASUAH Initiative Nationally, AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women age 25-34 and the second leading cause of death of African American men age 35-44 Of the total reported HIV cases among females in Illinois, 70 percent were African-American. Among the total male population with HIV in Illinois, 47 percent were African American.

BASUAH Initiative

Nationally, AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women age 25-34 and the second leading cause of death of African American men age 35-44

Of the total reported HIV cases among females in Illinois, 70 percent were African-American.

Among the total male population with HIV in Illinois, 47 percent were African American.

Illinois Department of Public Health BASUAH Task Reach our target audience – college age students 25 – 35 educate them about HIV/AIDS and the importance of testing .convince them to become peer-educators (there peers are more likely to listen to them) Offer them free training that they can take on their own time. Offer them a venue to practice/use what they have learnt.

BASUAH Task

Reach our target audience – college age students 25 – 35

educate them about HIV/AIDS and the importance of testing

.convince them to become peer-educators (there peers are more likely to listen to them)

Offer them free training that they can take on their own time.

Offer them a venue to practice/use what they have learnt.

Illinois Department of Public Health BASUAH Solution Opportunity to collaborate UIS-OTEL had expertise in developing e-learning - familiar with state government Offered a venue for Ambassadors to practice/use what they have learnt.

BASUAH Solution

Opportunity to collaborate

UIS-OTEL had expertise in developing e-learning - familiar with state government

Offered a venue for Ambassadors to practice/use what they have learnt.

Development of the BASUAH Education Center In 2007 the University of Illinois Springfield’s Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning began developing the BASUAH Education Center with the IDPH.

In 2007 the University of Illinois Springfield’s Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning began developing the BASUAH Education Center with the IDPH.

Benefits of the Collaboration Engagement and Retention of BASUAH Ambassadors State-wide networking National networking Global networking Experiment with teaching and learning in Second Life

Engagement and Retention of BASUAH Ambassadors

State-wide networking

National networking

Global networking

Experiment with teaching and learning in Second Life

Resources Articles Learning in the Zone: A social constructivist framework for distance education in a 3D virtual world http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=22045&from=NEWDL Three-dimensional virtual worlds and distance learning: two case studies of Active Worlds as a medium for distance education http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00477.x Design-based Research Strategies for Developing a Scientific Inquiry Curriculum in a Multi-User Virtual Environment http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject/documents/nelson_edtech_nov2.pdf Recommended Reading: Second Life for Dummies Video Tutorials for Second Life http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials

Articles

Learning in the Zone: A social constructivist framework for distance education in a 3D virtual world

http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=22045&from=NEWDL

Three-dimensional virtual worlds and distance learning: two case studies of Active Worlds as a medium for distance education

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2005.00477.x

Design-based Research Strategies for Developing a Scientific Inquiry Curriculum in a Multi-User Virtual Environment

http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject/documents/nelson_edtech_nov2.pdf

Recommended Reading:

Second Life for Dummies

Video Tutorials for Second Life

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Video_Tutorials