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Beyond CM Tools: SL Second Life (SL) Course Management Tools and SL Classrooms in Second Life Class Projects

Second Life (SL)

Course Management Tools and SL

Classrooms in Second Life

Class Projects

Rhetoric Class - Projects

Second Life -- at Svarga

Art Exhibits

Educational Activities in SL Create your identity Teach and mentor Social networks Class projects Roleplay Learning games Blended reality Exploration Build Avatar -- Sense of self Classes, office hours Share ideas, meet Applied learning Immersive learning Interactivities Real-virtual meetings Visit, tour, study Create and customize

Create your identity

Teach and mentor

Social networks

Class projects

Roleplay

Learning games

Blended reality

Exploration

Build

Avatar -- Sense of self

Classes, office hours

Share ideas, meet

Applied learning

Immersive learning

Interactivities

Real-virtual meetings

Visit, tour, study

Create and customize

Virtual Office Hours

Flexible Meeting Spaces

Real and Virtual Meetings

Synchronous Discussion in SL

Course Management Discussion

Second Life - Class List

Threaded Discussion Synchronous Chat

Communication in Second Life Left to right Teleport Group Notice Voice Chat Instant Message URLs

Classrooms and Workspaces

English Composition in SL

Writing Assignments in SL

CTU Class - 1st Day in SL

Teaching in Second Life

Slides and Streaming Video

Thomson NETg in SL

Tutorials by Lumiere Noir

8th Graders Learn to Design

Educational Opportunities Collaboration and community Extracurricular events Cultural venues SL groups, including educational networks Educational news Learning extends beyond the classroom Student services and union board activities Music, dance, art Real Life Education in Second Life NMC Guests www.nmc.org/sl SL in Education listserv SLED Picayune

Collaboration and community

Extracurricular events

Cultural venues

SL groups, including educational networks

Educational news

Learning extends beyond the classroom

Student services and union board activities

Music, dance, art

Real Life Education in Second Life

NMC Guests

www.nmc.org/sl

SL in Education listserv

SLED Picayune

Learning Communities Bridging two classes together with the monorail

The Effects of Roleplay in Class The monorail evolved into a rollercoaster due to changing customer requirements

Class Project Collaboration 12 students created a PvP capture-the-flag game set in a maze filled with traps

Teens and Immersive Literature

Courtroom to Conference Center

Visuals and Text Integration

Touch for Interactive Notecards

International Space Museum

Shift in Perspective

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