Second Life in HE

Immersing yourself in virtual learning Using Second Life for Education Kate Boardman, October 25 th 2008

Virtual Learning
Virtual Teaching
Virtual World
Real Learning
Real Teaching
Real World

Virtual Learning
3D immersive environments
Simulations
Collaboration
Exploration
Creation

Virtual Teaching
Should we simply build on existing provision?
Do we need to provide useful additional basic skills to allow effective student integration and enhance their immersive experience?
Do we enable and empower students to develop an identity with their avatars?
How do we provide this if it is necessary?

Getting Started

Orientations

Freebie City

Beyond Newbie 

Playing? Living?

Immersive Environments

Traditional Teaching

Less Traditional

Being Imaginative
Health ( + hallucinations, testes tour)
Science ( + Space Museum, Genome Island)
Using audio, creating sets
Field trips (scale, size, navigational geography)
Cultural immersion (SL user base)
Performance Art
Architecture

Simulations

Modular Molecules

Collaborative Molecules

Music Appreciation

Parthenon

Assisi

Sistine Chapel

Cultural Immersion

Second Sweden

Midsommar Concert

Alhambra, Granada

Generalife

Bayeux Tapestry

‘Sky Dancers’

Palomar Medical Center

The Campus Question

Teeslife
Food technology
Art
Forensics
Nursing
Architecture
Engineering
Marketing
Sociological Research
Psychological Research
Programming
Digital Music
Animation
History & Community Studies
Media Production
Journalism
Learning and Teaching research
E@T Lunch

E@T Staff Lounge

Second Life in HE

by kateboardman on Mar 22, 2009

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