Loyalist College in Second Life

Virtual Worlds = Massive Growth By 2011, 80% of all internet users will have some form of “Second Life” or 3D Virtual Identity .

By 2011, 80% of all internet users will have some form of “Second Life” or 3D Virtual Identity .

For Education Virtual Worlds… Extend the Classroom Enhance Experience Augment Materials Accelerate Learning

Extend the Classroom

Enhance Experience

Augment Materials

Accelerate Learning

Educational Topics in VW Animation Architecture and Building Art and Design Business Cultural Studies Correctional and Justice Studies Disability Issues Emergency Services Gender Issues Identity and Esteem Scientific Simulations + more and growing

Animation

Architecture and Building

Art and Design

Business

Cultural Studies

Correctional and Justice Studies

Disability Issues

Emergency Services

Gender Issues

Identity and Esteem

Scientific Simulations

+ more and growing

Harvard Law’s CyberOne Course: Law in the court of public opinion

Mr. Hubble goes to Harvard

Loyalist College Eduisland Campus

Parrott Centre – Loyalist College

Loyalist College Amphitheatre

Topics in Journalism 20 Students Small Group Discussion usually conducted via LMS would take place now in SL Encourage discussion by engaging students in an exciting cool environment

20 Students

Small Group Discussion usually conducted via LMS would take place now in SL

Encourage discussion by engaging students in an exciting cool environment

Loyalist College E-Journalism Class

Topics in Journalism - Outcomes Enhanced Student Participation Cosmopolitan Experience Favorable Publicity

Enhanced Student Participation

Cosmopolitan Experience

Favorable Publicity

Loyalist College – Basic Orientation Behavior 101 Interface Navigation – Upper and Lower Menus/Buttons Basic Navigation Controls – options for moving around in space. Flying Controls Finding Stuff with Search Teleporting Camera Controls Instant Message and Chat Controls Right Click Options and Menus Inventory Snapshot Video and Audio Preferences and Controls Force Sun

Behavior 101

Interface Navigation – Upper and Lower Menus/Buttons

Basic Navigation Controls – options for moving around in space.

Flying Controls

Finding Stuff with Search

Teleporting

Camera Controls

Instant Message and Chat Controls

Right Click Options and Menus

Inventory

Snapshot

Video and Audio Preferences and Controls

Force Sun

Journalism – Live Streaming Event

Study in Canada

OSMOSA Open Source Museum of Open Source Art Brown University and Loyalist College

Loyalist College and U.S. State Department Visa Information Session

Virtual Worlds are Innate Learning Worlds The environment itself engages the user in learning from the start Collaboration and cooperative communication are paramount in Virtual Worlds Avatars are aspirational, cyclically influencing their creators identity

The environment itself engages the user in learning from the start

Collaboration and cooperative communication are paramount in Virtual Worlds

Avatars are aspirational, cyclically influencing their creators identity

SoupCan Tomsen – Second Life

SoupCan Tomsen – Real Life

Loyalist College Island

Shark Tank Pub – Loyalist College Island

Podcast Cinema

Justice Studies: Youth Detention Facility Simulation – Fall 2007

Faculty Reactions “I feel like a kid again…” “Exciting” “Need to do more” “Intoxicating”

“I feel like a kid again…”

“Exciting”

“Need to do more”

“Intoxicating”

Where do I start? SLED - Second Life Educators List Start small with a highly organized project with modest objectives and expectations. Never on a Wednesday Anticipate delays difficulties technological miscues and lots of questions Do it anyway!

SLED - Second Life Educators List

Start small with a highly organized project with modest objectives and expectations.

Never on a Wednesday

Anticipate delays difficulties technological miscues and lots of questions

Do it anyway!