Pauline Randall virtual-e Ltd, UK Slides available on www.slideshare.net/virtuale

It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it...

What is a virtual world? A synchronous, persistent network of people, represented by avatars, facilitated by computers. Bell, MW. “Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds” in The Journal Of Virtual Worlds Research (June 2008)

A synchronous,

persistent network of people,

represented by avatars,

facilitated by computers.

Choosing the right one Technical considerations Content availability Development potential Existence of an economy Open to other users Scripting ability

Technical considerations

Content availability

Development potential

Existence of an economy

Open to other users

Scripting ability

Why Second Life Well developed environment Has its own currency Linden Scripting Language Substantial content is available You can create your own content

Well developed environment

Has its own currency

Linden Scripting Language

Substantial content is available

You can create your own content

What is going on in Second Life?

Meetings and collaboration Entrepreneurship Role Play Lectures

Meetings and collaboration

Entrepreneurship

Role Play

Lectures

Law Medicine Art Libraries

Law

Medicine

Art

Libraries

Visualisations Exhibitions Language and Culture Recruitment

Visualisations

Exhibitions

Language and Culture

Recruitment

Reality check Find out more – go exploring Consider your objectives– what do you want to achieve? Is a virtual world the best place or are there better tools for what you want to do?

Find out more – go exploring

Consider your objectives– what do you want to achieve?

Is a virtual world the best place or are there better tools for what you want to do?

Other Considerations Skillsets In house? External developer Induction and training for staff as well as students Infrastucture Hardware (particularly graphics cards) Access via network (firewalls)

Skillsets

In house?

External developer

Induction and training for staff as well as students

Infrastucture

Hardware (particularly graphics cards)

Access via network (firewalls)

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/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world Other options Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml

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/

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world

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

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

Contact Details Pauline Randall Managing Director virtual-e Ltd Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life [email_address] www.virtual-e.co.uk Twitter: @virtualewit LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinerandall Slideshare: http://slideshare.net/virtuale Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferlinghetti/

Pauline Randall Managing Director virtual-e Ltd

Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life

[email_address]

www.virtual-e.co.uk

Twitter: @virtualewit

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinerandall

Slideshare: http://slideshare.net/virtuale

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferlinghetti/