1. Second Life
What is it all about?

2. An Overview
You Tube - Second Life overview

3. What’s in it for me?
• Meet other students and tutors from the course
• Have questions answered and concerns
addressed
• Make contact with members of the wider
university team
• Find out about new learning environments
• Develop communication skills with cutting edge
technology in a creative environment

4. What’s in it for MMU?
• Good practice in terms of student
satisfaction and support
• Evaluation of a new learning platform
• Kudos of using trend setting technology

5. Who will be there?
• Members of the teaching team
• Members of the Student Support team
• Other student teachers!

6. When do we meet?
• To be agreed!

7. How do I get started?
Virtual Ability Island is a good place to
enter Second Life. Use the hyperlink
below to create your avatar and
download the software that you will
need to get started.
http://virtualability.org/signup.aspx
Please feel free to email me for more
information
j.woods@mmu.ac.uk
Look out for me once you are ‘in
world’! My avatar is called
Jaen Sommer

8. Where do we meet?
• The MMU office on Education Island UK.
• Try to go along before a meeting to check the room out and see if
you can sit on one of the cushions or beanbags!
• Have a wander around the Island to see what other universities are
doing there too.
• If your Internet connection is open and you have already downloaded
the software and created an avatar you just need to click on the link
below to be transported there
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20UK/226/34/22

9. Outside the MMU office

10. Inside the MMU office

11. Where do I get more information?
e mail Jane Woods for a list of helpful
hyperlinks and tips!
j.woods@mmu.ac.uk