A presentation that formed part of a double workshop given at the 6th Open Classroom Conference hosted in Stockholm from October 24th to 26th 2007.

1. virtual vanity : sex , shopping and reputation in Second Life Open Classroom Conference Stockholm 2007 Dr Steven Warburton, King’s College London and Prism(lab) http://prismlab.wordpress.com

2. … or are they any ethical issues in teaching via Second Life?

6. avatars, appearance and identity

7. “ You know I resisted writing this for the longest time but after two educators flew into our island yesterday with their transparent anatomically correct attachments I figured that many people don't know the following: When an SL user is looking at your avatar, if they hold down the option(alt) key, they can see all of your invisible as in attached but transparent attachments. I know it may be inconvenient to put these on and take them off depending on the setting but it is equally upsetting to see someone's transparent bits and pieces flying at me while I am trying to help. Thanks I just ate lunch.” looking the part, acting the part From: SLED list archives 2007

12. the quality of the learning experience

14. a competency framework for Second Life from: http://www.cxknowledge.com/SL_Levels.html Building Scripting Video/ Machinima Moving Objects Creating Objects Editing Objects Shopping Textures Prims Inventory Pie Controls Camera Controls Movement Controls Using the Map Notecard Opening Boxes Walking Flying Landing Sitting Teleport Appearance Friendship Search Chat vs IM vs Shout Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1

15. familiarity and repetition

16. controlling the learning space, containing communication

17. cognitive overload

19. digging under the shallow surface of Second Life: subcultures and hidden worlds

20. digital identity

21. managing digital identity

23. Second Life and value systems

27. Dr Steven Warburton e-Learning and ICT Manager School of Law King's College London Strand London WC2R 2LS Research at Prsim(lab) http://prismlab.wordpress.com Personal at Liquid Learning http://warburton.typepad.com Second Life: StevenW Bohm