Second Life

Slide 1: Second Life: A Collaboration UIS-CSU-IDPH Presented by Deb Antoine-Vidorah Messmer Veronica Halloway-No Morane Julian Scheinbuks-Jules Gigamon

Slide 2: The Collaboration

Slide 3: 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

Slide 4: 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

Slide 5: 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

Slide 6: 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.

Slide 7: 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.

Slide 8: 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.

Slide 9: 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.

Slide 10: 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

Slide 11: 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