Virtual world benefits
through
real world solutions
IMMERSIVE LEARNING
… a passing fad or new reality?

Home page in 1999

LEARNING SPACES
… have they really changed?
… are we still passing on knowledge in the same ways?

THE ARRIVAL OF WEB 2.0

We are all part of the conversation

Supported by technology

JISC Infonet

And so through the looking glass...

A 3-d virtual world where the
content is created by its users.
Your world. Your imagination

What is actually going on in Second Life?

Socialising...

WRONG – clothing for avatars Tools for Second Life users

Organisations from the real world

University of Edinburgh

Eduserv

Monash University

Ashridge Business School

Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Role play in Roma

Problem solving activity as part of SL Induction workshop

Running a business – use the SL economy

Abyss Museum of Ocean Science

Dresden Art Gallery

Assisi

Spaceport Alpha

Lectures without travelling?

Team working

Language learning – find some native speakers to converse with

Camp Darfur

Art Exhibition (Bowling Green State University)

Flying and skydiving

...mmm – next time maybe a parachute?

SOME KEY POINTS
• Interest and engagement
• Induction
• Resources
• Use the students?
• Classrooms and slideshows
• Equipment
• Firewalls – be kind to ICT Services!

GETTING STARTED
• www.secondlife.com
• Create an account and get your own avatar
• Go exploring
• Talk to people
• Join interest groups
• Join the SLED list and JISC virtual worlds list
• Start off with some field trips
• Have fun!

Pauline Randall
(Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life)
Second Life Solution Provider
Second Life Developer
E-learning Consultant
www.virtual-e.co.uk
Pauline.randall@virtual-e.co.uk
virtual-e Island in Second Life
http://slurl.com/secondlife/virtual%20e/130/127/24
Virtual world benefits through
real world solutions

Places to visit in Second Life and some useful websites

WEB RESOURCES
• Business Communicators of Second Life - http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/
• Companies in Second Life - http://slbusinesscommunicators.pbwiki.com/Companies+in+Second+Life
• Educause Review - http://connect.educause.edu/er?time=1222711572
• Institutions & Organisations in SL -
http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL
• JISC gaming report -
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearninginnovation/gamingreport_v3.pdf
• Second Life – www.secondlife.com
• Second Life Security -
https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5566
• Second Life Stats - http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php
• SLED (Second Life Educators) List - https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators
• SLED Blog - http://www.sl-educationblog.org/
• Times – McKinsey Interview - http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3803056.ece
• Virtual World Watch – Snapshots http://virtualworldwatch.net/snapshots/
Other options
• Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml

SECOND LIFE LOCATIONS
• Abyss Museum of Ocean Science - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82
• Autodesk Island – Engineering Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/220/117/22
• Bowling Green State University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Creation/255/255/33
• Camp Darfur - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/175/247/21
• Chinese School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chinese%20School/130/196/22
• Dresden Art Gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/168/128/26
• Edinburgh University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edinburgh%20University/128/128/28
• Eduserv Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduserv%20Island/104/40/29
• Genome Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/135/92/29
• Honawan – Planetarium - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honawan/96/122/421
• Illinois State – Geography-Geology - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Geo%20Island/89/73/504
• Ivory Tower Library of Primitives - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/213/164/28
• Leeds College of Art & Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/44/69/34
• Monash University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monash%20University/109/147/28
• Via Montenapoleone http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montenapoleone/144/178/32
• Port Spinoza - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Port%20Spinoza/120/129/23
• Second Health - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Health%20London/126/154/27
• Streets of Baghdad - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/182/192/23
• USC Marshall Business School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/USC%20Marshall/128/128/2
• Western Australia Police - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hwanung/161/146/256

Virtual world benefits through
real world solutions