Taking your teaching into another world

Pauline Randall AKA Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life

AKA Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life

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Immersed in Learning Background to Second Life What could you do with it? Who else is using it? What next?

Background to Second Life

What could you do with it?

Who else is using it?

What next?

A bit of background

Second Life is... A 3-d virtual world Opened to the public in 2003 Created by Philip Rosedale , CEO and founder of Linden Labs It is a persistent environment where content is created entirely by its residents Residents can create, buy and sell with other residents It has its own economy (current exchange rate in the region of 265 L$ to the US$)

A 3-d virtual world

Opened to the public in 2003

Created by Philip Rosedale , CEO and founder of Linden Labs

It is a persistent environment where content is created entirely by its residents

Residents can create, buy and sell with other residents

It has its own economy (current exchange rate in the region of 265 L$ to the US$)

Some key statistics (24/11/08) Residents Logged in over past 7 days – 583,603 (489,520 end of Sept) Total residents – 16,107,580 (15,304,082 end of Sept) Concurrent logins range from 35k – 75k + depending on the time of day Islands added (March) 832 (each 65k m2) Islands added (August) 1833 Islands added (October) 1045 Islands added (November to date) -1105

Residents

Logged in over past 7 days – 583,603 (489,520 end of Sept)

Total residents – 16,107,580 (15,304,082 end of Sept)

Concurrent logins range from 35k – 75k + depending on the time of day

Islands added (March) 832 (each 65k m2)

Islands added (August) 1833

Islands added (October) 1045

Islands added (November to date) -1105

But before we start...

What could you do with Second Life?

What could you do in SL? Create/build Interact Buy land Terraform Build objects Create activities Scripted objects Meet Collaborate Research & concept testing Interview Events Run a business

Create/build

Interact

Buy land

Terraform

Build objects

Create activities

Scripted objects

Meet

Collaborate

Research & concept testing

Interview

Events

Run a business

A couple of examples...

USC Marshall School of Business

USC Marshall School of Business “ Our island is very young at the moment, but so far we have conducted classes within Second Life using the virtual classroom within Bridge Hall. The professor and students discuss current topics using the voice chat and even meet within SL to work on projects... ...they are all USC students, but this way if they live in another county they don't need to drive to campus to take the class. It's very convenient.”

“ Our island is very young at the moment, but so far we have conducted classes within Second Life using the virtual classroom within Bridge Hall. The professor and students discuss current topics using the voice chat and even meet within SL to work on projects...

...they are all USC students, but this way if they live in another county they don't need to drive to campus to take the class. It's very convenient.”

USC Marshall School of Business “ We are also hoping to be able to use Second Life to teach students how to run their own businesses by setting up SL shops on the main street.”

“ We are also hoping to be able to use Second Life to teach students how to run their own businesses by setting up SL shops on the main street.”

Port Spinoza

Port Spinoza Port Spinoza is a Second Life community with a theme based on Age of Enlightenment Netherlands. The community is a wonderful collection of residences, public building, open space and waterways which all convey the feel of 17th century Amsterdam. Port Spinoza is a community of learners. Our mission is to provide a home in Second Life for people who see learning as an integral part of their lives, and to provide opportunities to engage in activities that support exploration, learning, and growth.

Port Spinoza is a Second Life community with a theme based on Age of Enlightenment Netherlands.

The community is a wonderful collection of residences, public building, open space and waterways which all convey the feel of 17th century Amsterdam.

Port Spinoza is a community of learners.

Our mission is to provide a home in Second Life for people who see learning as an integral part of their lives, and to provide opportunities to engage in activities that support exploration, learning, and growth.

Port Spinoza How do Residents Participate in the Life of Port Spinoza? Residents participate by giving a talk, preparing an exhibit, conducting a performance, or organizing an educational event to which the community is invited at least once every calendar quarter. Group events and exhibits are encouraged and individual participation in their planning and implementation is credited to both individuals and the group.

How do Residents Participate in the Life of Port Spinoza?

Residents participate by giving a talk, preparing an exhibit, conducting a performance, or organizing an educational event to which the community is invited at least once every calendar quarter. Group events and exhibits are encouraged and individual participation in their planning and implementation is credited to both individuals and the group.

Other users of Second Life

Ashridge Business School

Ashridge Business School Mix of students and course lengths – from a weekend to a year Not all students are on campus for a great length of time Executive MBA students – not a lot of time

Mix of students and course lengths – from a weekend to a year

Not all students are on campus for a great length of time

Executive MBA students – not a lot of time

University of Hawaii

University of Hawaii Working with LILT – Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies Projects related to wireless and mobile technologies in learning, including second-language vocabulary learning and next-generation wireless applications.

Working with LILT – Laboratory for Interactive Learning Technologies

Projects related to wireless and mobile technologies in learning, including second-language vocabulary learning and next-generation wireless applications.

Who else is using SL? Wide range of educators, particularly at HE Visit Simteach Wiki for more information There are hundreds of educational organisations using Second Life, many with their own regions Estimated that 80% of UK universities have some presence in Second Life

Wide range of educators, particularly at HE

Visit Simteach Wiki for more information

There are hundreds of educational organisations using Second Life, many with their own regions

Estimated that 80% of UK universities have some presence in Second Life

Monash University

Dresden Art Gallery

PA Consulting

Assisi

Eduserv Island

Abyss Museum of Ocean Science

What next?

Next steps www.secondlife.com Create an account Download the client software Go exploring Talk to other users Join some groups Go to some events – think of what interests you in real life and find it in Second Life Have fun!

www.secondlife.com

Create an account

Download the client software

Go exploring

Talk to other users

Join some groups

Go to some events – think of what interests you in real life and find it in Second Life

Have fun!

Some final things to consider You don’t need to be an expert builder – you can source a lot of content in SL Go to the Ivory Tower Library and learn a bit about building You do need to consider your IT equipment – especially re graphics cards Do induct your students into Second Life

You don’t need to be an expert builder – you can source a lot of content in SL

Go to the Ivory Tower Library and learn a bit about building

You do need to consider your IT equipment – especially re graphics cards

Do induct your students into Second Life

Campus Design Principles Designing a sim for a university is a lot like designing a course in that you need to first identify your goals and objectives. What is your purpose for being in Second Life? What do you hope to accomplish? You also want some sort of assessment to determine whether or not you have achieved those goals. This might be a notecard drop or sensors to pull statistics. When designing the islands for my university, I travelled far and wide around SL looking at what other colleges and universities had done. I got lots of ideas on ways we could contribute to the SL learning community. Again, as with a RL course, we storyboarded out the area and brainstormed ideas of what we could do. Developing was a snap after that. Paula Christopher Project Manager, eLearning Group University Educational Technology Services (UETS) Information Systems & Technology Georgia State University

Designing a sim for a university is a lot like designing a course in that you need to first identify your goals and objectives. What is your purpose for being in Second Life? What do you hope to accomplish? You also want some sort of assessment to determine whether or not you have achieved those goals. This might be a notecard drop or sensors to pull statistics.

When designing the islands for my university, I travelled far and wide around SL looking at what other colleges and universities had done. I got lots of ideas on ways we could contribute to the SL learning community. Again, as with a RL course, we storyboarded out the area and brainstormed ideas of what we could do. Developing was a snap after that.

Paula Christopher

Project Manager, eLearning Group

University Educational Technology Services (UETS) Information Systems & Technology Georgia State University

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

Some stuff for later Places to visit in Second Life and some useful websites

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

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

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