Second Guessing – Is There A Context for Second Life® In Legal Education? Michael Bromby Martin Jones Research Fellow Senior Lecturer Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University

Second Guessing – Is There A Context for Second Life® In Legal Education?

What is Second Life? Virtual World / sim(ulation) No objectives, game plan, points or prizes Tabula rasa for creating anything: Islands – communities Buildings – commercial or private Objects – transferable Demo of Second Life [ Teleport to GCU ] (or view screenshots of various UK university sims )

Virtual World / sim(ulation)

No objectives, game plan, points or prizes

Tabula rasa for creating anything:

Islands – communities

Buildings – commercial or private

Objects – transferable

Demo of Second Life [ Teleport to GCU ]

(or view screenshots of various UK university sims )

Drivers to Look at SL Investment by university C U There Project Caledonian Academy competition Can we find any benefits?! Law curriculum Non-distance learning

Investment by university

C U There Project

Caledonian Academy competition

Can we find any benefits?!

Law curriculum

Non-distance learning

Use of SL in Law Curriculum Fizzy Soderberg [image] Seattle Law School “class pet” for their first year property law course (see Elizabeth Townsend-Gard at TerraNova Blog )

Fizzy Soderberg

[image]

Seattle Law School “class pet” for their first year property law course

(see Elizabeth Townsend-Gard at TerraNova Blog )

Fizzy’s Role Task One: The Rules of the Game /Design the Avatar Task Two: First in Time ( Exploration and Orientation ) Task Three: Provision of Legal Services & Dispute Resolution Task Four: Property ownership Task Five: IP 1 Trademark Task Six: IP 2 Copyright Task Seven: Contractual Disputes Task Eight: Controlling Defamatory/Offensive Material Task Nine: Controlling ‘virtual’ offences against the person Task Ten: Age issues and child protection in SL Task Eleven: Financial Services / Money Laundering / Gambling in SL Task Twelve: Final evaluation, discussion of the experience

Task One: The Rules of the Game /Design the Avatar

Task Two: First in Time ( Exploration and Orientation )

Task Three: Provision of Legal Services & Dispute Resolution

Task Four: Property ownership

Task Five: IP 1 Trademark

Task Six: IP 2 Copyright

Task Seven: Contractual Disputes

Task Eight: Controlling Defamatory/Offensive Material

Task Nine: Controlling ‘virtual’ offences against the person

Task Ten: Age issues and child protection in SL

Task Eleven: Financial Services / Money Laundering / Gambling in SL

Task Twelve: Final evaluation, discussion of the experience

Fizzy’s Role Task One: The Rules of the Game /Design the Avatar Task Two: First in Time ( Exploration and Orientation ) Task Three: Provision of Legal Services & Dispute Resolution Task Four: Property ownership Task Five: IP 1 Trademark Task Six: IP 2 Copyright Task Seven: Contractual Disputes Task Eight: Controlling Defamatory/Offensive Material Task Nine: Controlling ‘virtual’ offences against the person Task Ten: Age issues and child protection in SL Task Eleven: Financial Services / Money Laundering / Gambling in SL Task Twelve: Final evaluation, discussion of the experience Restrict to these for a Level 2 module in Legal IT

Task One: The Rules of the Game /Design the Avatar

Task Two: First in Time ( Exploration and Orientation )

Task Three: Provision of Legal Services & Dispute Resolution

Task Four: Property ownership

Task Five: IP 1 Trademark

Task Six: IP 2 Copyright

Task Seven: Contractual Disputes

Task Eight: Controlling Defamatory/Offensive Material

Task Nine: Controlling ‘virtual’ offences against the person

Task Ten: Age issues and child protection in SL

Task Eleven: Financial Services / Money Laundering / Gambling in SL

Task Twelve: Final evaluation, discussion of the experience

Our Task (1..) Overview in Lecture Theatre Demo and basic overview of SL Illustrated with media coverage Rationale given for ‘exploration’ task Students allocated in pairs Register their avatar Begin to look around ‘orientation island’

Overview in Lecture Theatre

Demo and basic overview of SL

Illustrated with media coverage

Rationale given for ‘exploration’ task

Students allocated in pairs

Register their avatar

Begin to look around ‘orientation island’

Our Task (.2.) Facilitated lab sessions Week 1 Induction with C U There team Distribution of SL software on USB keys Week 2 Q/A and problems Sharing of some resources and locations Week 3 Review of resources Evaluation questionnaire

Facilitated lab sessions

Week 1

Induction with C U There team

Distribution of SL software on USB keys

Week 2

Q/A and problems

Sharing of some resources and locations

Week 3

Review of resources

Evaluation questionnaire

Our Task (..3) Encouraged to: visit: – a law office another legal (or quasi-legal) service, and somewhere where a legal issue could arise meet: – a student an academic or other professional, and someone else with views or experience of legal issues in SL

Encouraged to:

visit: – a law office

another legal (or quasi-legal) service, and

somewhere where a legal issue could arise

meet: – a student

an academic or other professional, and

someone else with views or experience of legal issues in SL

Screenshot of SL search directory Find a location! Find a person! Enter search term!

Screenshot of SL search directory

Screenshot of SL and notecard facility Write thoughts etc!

Screenshot of SL and notecard facility

Add tags and comments! All my postcards automatically arrive here!

My own Google Reader! The joys of RSS! Individual feed from each avatar!

URL for google reader share page Public url for anyone to view! Click here to teleport directly into SL yourself! Student avatar name!

URL for google reader share page

Student Findings (1..) Mainly law offices replicated in SL Few resources present ‘ Click here to email real world’ Information boards Notecards to keep Few people present No-one met a professional RL or SL person Few met any students (no significant interactions)

Mainly law offices replicated in SL

Few resources present

‘ Click here to email real world’

Information boards

Notecards to keep

Few people present

No-one met a professional RL or SL person

Few met any students (no significant interactions)

Student Findings (..2) Services for ‘in-world’ legal aspects Game style Marriage and divorce Police fines, fantasy trails, jail Notary service Services for ‘real world’ legal aspects Few beyond usual internet provisions Meeting rooms Seminars, conferences and events

Services for ‘in-world’ legal aspects

Game style

Marriage and divorce

Police fines, fantasy trails, jail

Notary service

Services for ‘real world’ legal aspects

Few beyond usual internet provisions

Meeting rooms

Seminars, conferences and events

Staff Observations Acceptance of technology Some initial reluctance No lack of ability Keeping on the task Avatar maintenance and appearance Social locations (beach, dance club)

Acceptance of technology

Some initial reluctance

No lack of ability

Keeping on the task

Avatar maintenance and appearance

Social locations (beach, dance club)

Questionnaire (1..) 19 Respondents (37%) 100% students had never used SL before 58% had played the The Sims 37% stated that they never played computer and video games

19 Respondents (37%)

100% students had never used SL before

58% had played the The Sims

37% stated that they never played computer and video games

Questionnaire (..2) 89% spent 0-5 hours in SL 11% spent over 10 hours Nobody visited more than 50 places 82% visited less than 10 places

89% spent 0-5 hours in SL

11% spent over 10 hours

Nobody visited more than 50 places

82% visited less than 10 places

Questionnaire (..3) Description of orientation process V Easy 37% Q Easy 53% Q Diff 0% V Diff 10%

Description of orientation process

V Easy 37%

Q Easy 53%

Q Diff 0%

V Diff 10%

Questionnaire (..4) Communication with other avatars Often 5% Sometimes 32% Rarely 53% Never 10% 58% offered friendship to other avatars 59% accepted friendship to other avatars

Communication with other avatars

Often 5%

Sometimes 32%

Rarely 53%

Never 10%

58% offered friendship to other avatars

59% accepted friendship to other avatars

Questionnaire (..5) “ I will use SL in the future” Strongly Agree 6% Agree 31% Neither Agree/Disagree 16% Disagree 31% Strongly Disagree 26%

“ I will use SL in the future”

Strongly Agree 6%

Agree 31%

Neither Agree/Disagree 16%

Disagree 31%

Strongly Disagree 26%

Conclusions Investment by university Financially committed to SL? User support for OpenSIM? Can we find any benefits for on campus students?! Fizzy comes to Scotland? Meetings / seminars with externals? (SLBA) International negotiation competitions Any ideas!?!

Investment by university

Financially committed to SL?

User support for OpenSIM?

Can we find any benefits for on campus students?!

Fizzy comes to Scotland?

Meetings / seminars with externals? (SLBA)

International negotiation competitions

Any ideas!?!

Thank you! See LILAC wiki for more info View Google Reader public page Subscribe to SnapZilla RSS feed IM Forensis Michalak or Juris Lehrner ‘in world’ Visit some of the resources! m.bromby@gcal.ac.uk & [email_address]

See LILAC wiki for more info

View Google Reader public page

Subscribe to SnapZilla RSS feed

IM Forensis Michalak or Juris Lehrner ‘in world’

Visit some of the resources!

m.bromby@gcal.ac.uk & [email_address]