Why Work & Teach With Second Life

Why Work & Teach With Second Life Patricia F. Anderson, pfa@umich.edu (a.k.a. Perplexity Peccable) Sharon K. Grayden, grayden@umich.edu (a.k.a. Vitesse Vella) © 2007 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

So You’ve Heard About Second Life
Screenshot of SecondLife website
http://secondlife.com/

“ Second Life is a 3D online digital world imagined, created, and owned by its residents.”
“ Your world. Your imagination.”
http://secondlife.com/

Also known as the Metaverse , a term from Snow Crash , a novel by Neal Stephenson.
What does it mean -- “3D online digital world”?
http://abyss.hubbe.net/fredrik_favs.html

Second Life is a Virtual World With:
Doctors, bankers, candlestick makers;
Builders, workers, dancers, shirkers;
Churches and homes; gardens and domes;
Libraries, museums; teachers and beach bums!

Second Life is Growing …
From ~2002 to ~2007 …

Who is Already There? Corporate
Adidas
Apple Inc.
Best Buy
BMW
Cisco Systems
Coca Cola
Comcast
Dell
H&R Block
IBM
NBA (basketball, really)
NBC
Nissan
Pontiac
Reuters
Sun Microsystems
Toyota
The Weather Channel
Warner Brothers
… and many more …

Who is Already There? Businesses
Map of corporate presence in Second Life from the Kzero blog. (Second Life Brand Map version 1.6)
Source: Kzero: Second Life Brand Map: http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?page_id=431

Who is Already There? Schools
Bowling Green State University
Columbia University
Duke University
Drexel University
Harvard University
New York University
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Princeton
Stanford University
SUNY
Temple University
UCLA & UC - Berkeley
University of Cincinnatti
University of Colorado at Denver Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Texas Medical Branch
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
Vassar College
Virginia Tech
… and over 100 more. Source: SimTeach: http://tinyurl.com/2fen2s

Who is Already There? Schools
Map of colleges and universities with a presence in Second Life from the Kzero blog. (Second Life College Map version 1.6)
Source: Kzero: Second Life University Map: http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?page_id=551

Why Second Life …
Be where the students are
Engaging our new students
Immersive environment (you gotta see it to believe it)
Allows interactive distance education on a level previously unimaginable
Personal productivity - meetings and more
Collaboration & simulation & visualization, oh my …

Second Life Now or Later?
“ Imagine it’s 1949 and you’re a big brand. Do you NOT participate in TV? Or, it’s 1925. Do you NOT participate in radio?”
Tuple vs. Kipple. Value of Measuring Engagement. June 7, 2007.

What’s There? Science Center

Who’s There? Nanotech Island

What’s There? Genome Island

Who’s There? ARC Research Center

Who’s There? NMC Research & Life Sciences

Things to Do: Meetings

Things to Do: Events
Images of presenter with slides in front of a conference audience at the Second Life Best Practices in Education annual meeting.

Things to Do: Information

Things to Do: Outreach / Advocacy

Things to Do: Data Visualization

Things to Do: Collaboration
Think wiki-types of functionality in visual and 3D spaces

Education
Ohio University Second Life Campus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA

Education Ideas
Basic sciences
Interactive anatomical & cellular models
Class or small group interaction with anatomical avatars
Communication skills
Patient history taking
Problem solving
Cultural competencies
Ethical role-playing
Clinical space design & modeling

Education Ideas
Guided discovery
Treasure hunts
Exploration
Construction
Design
3D modeling
Roleplay
Meetings
Distance learning
International teaching

What You Need To Know Beforehand
Tech
Bandwidth
Hardware
Screen resolution / Video cards
Frequent Downloads / Software Updates
Social & Planning
The Wednesday Factor
(grid is down for upgrades)
Small Groups
SLURLS
Money in SL

Go shopping with a muscle man
Build a cathedral. Visit with angels, devils, and dragons
Build a skeleton for a giant, with a beating heart. Teach others how to help.
Scan an Easter Island statue and import it as a 3D object.
Explore a coral reef ecosystem -- in high heels.
Piggyback a ride on Saturn and take tourist pics of the rest of the solar system.
“ Your imagination. Your world.”

Starter Resources for Higher Ed SL Education
Conklin, Mega S. 101 Uses for Second Life in the College Classroom. http://facstaff.elon.edu/mconklin/pubs/glshandout.pdf
Open Sledware (Open Courseware in Second Life): http://opensledware.wikispaces.com/
Second Life Educators Archives: https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/educators/
SimTeach Wiki: http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php

Starter Resources for SL Science & Research
McConaghy, T. Troy. A Sampler of Science in Second Life. Nature Network: http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/U475C43B9/2007/06/17/a-sampler-of-science-in-second-life
Second Life Research: http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/
Science & Technology in Second Life: http://scilands.wordpress.com/blog/

Resources Cited in This Presentation
Kzero: Second Life University Map: http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?page_id=551
Kzero: Second Life Brand Map: http://www.kzero.co.uk/blog/?page_id=431
Brandon, John. The 8 Top Corporate Sites in Second Life. Computerworld May 2,2007. http://tinyurl.com/3yzzgk
Second Life Research: Brand Entry Timeline for the Automotive Industry. http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/2007/06/brand-entry-timeline-for-automotive.html
Tuple vs. Kipple. Value of Measuring Engagement. June 7, 2007. http://blogs.electricsheepcompany.com/joel/?p=21

Second Life + URLs = SLURLs*
ARC Research Center: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ARC%20Research%20Center/78/146/
Autistic Liberation Front (ALF): Ahttp://slurl.com/secondlife/Porcupine/50/224/129
Center for Water Studies: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/77/3/9
Danvers State Hospital: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ryder%20Asylum/130/93/35
Edgar Allen Poe House: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montclair%20State%20CHSS/142/161/19
* Locations Visited in the Making of this Presentation

Epiphany: Anglican Cathedral Project: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Epiphany/91/145/50
Genome: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/127/128/48/
GNUbie Store: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Indigo/227/42/47
ISTE Aquarium: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ISTE%20Island/149/179/749
International Spaceflight Museum Spaceport Alpha: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/49/77/24
Jubjub’s Sculptie Skulls: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Voronezhirkutsk/65/15/97

Nanotechnology Island (coming soon)
NOAA Weather Map: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20II/115/204/25
NMC: Life Sciences Building: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Research%20Park/129/102/47
Ohio University Campus: http://slurl.com/secondlife/ohio%20university/20/36/24
Science Center: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island%20II/97/206/23

Science School: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Science%20School/177/147/28
Underworld Italian Mafia City: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kumiho/60/84/50
UTD Accessibility Island: http://slurl.com/secondlife/UTD%20Accessibility/83/107/32
V3 Planetarium: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silicon%20Island/138/134/39

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