This document discusses participatory pedagogy approaches using virtual worlds like Second Life. It describes workshops held by the Masters of Digital Media program exploring how to modify traditional classrooms in Second Life. Key learnings included that large groups can collaborate to modify spaces with clear design briefs, and activities should harness students' drive to explore and be participatory rather than replicate real classrooms.

1. “ Participatory Pedagogy: Challenging ‘Real Life’ Practices of Educational Institutions in Virtual Worlds” Joanna Robinson Great Northern Way Campus – Vancouver, BC Co-Author: Tracy Kennedy Communities & Technologies Research Group, Microsoft – Redmond, Washington