The University of Texas System has entered Second Life. Learn about the project and its successes, challenges, and future. Presented at VWBPE 2010-Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education, March 12, 2010.

1. An Entire Statewide University System Goes Virtual Mario Guerra - UT Austin Carmen Fies, Ph.D. - UT San Antonio Jessica Sanchez - UT Pan American Saul Gutierrez - UT El Paso Sarah Jones - UT Arlington

2. How did this project start?BluewaveOgee/ Dr. Leslie Jarmon

4. How is project success being measured? Campus participation and collaboration VL in undergraduate courses Cost savings IRB approved research studies Undergraduate conference http://tuelearningcommunity.com/vlci/

5. What major obstacles have been encountered in the project and which are still lingering?

6. How are 16 geo-spatially separated campuses collaborating in virtual worlds?

8. $500 support to present research at a conference9 classes being taught in SL this semester

9. How does each campus support faculty and student use? Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment 3 tiered approach Tech support Pedagogical support Assessment support

11. Provide content: builds, gadgets, uploading textures for them, etc.

13. How has each campus built out or planned to build out their island?

15. UTPanAmerican One provide resources about our university.

16. UTPanAmerican Two: Sandbox

18. How has each campus built out or planned to build out their island?

20. $1,000 each from the deans of Nursing and Liberal Arts

21. the balance from the dean of the Library

22. ½ FTE for the campus lead from the LibraryDivision of Instructional Innovation and Assessment

23. How does each campus plan to fund their islands after the grant ends?

24. How will the project continue to grow & evolve? Second Life Challenge continued.. Cross collaboration between institutions and other universities. Goal: is to increase awareness and use in our institution as well as locally Evolve: internally grow in our skill set with scripting and make more intricate simulations.

25. How will this project continue to grow and evolve?

27. Freshman Leaders On Campus – SL version of their RL exhibits on food sustainability: “You Are What You Eat”

28. Pilot build for a World Café style facilitated group discussion

29. Interdisciplinary projects with the College of Liberal Arts

30. Incorporation into a new Digital Media track in Art for the undergraduate University Studies degree

31. Use of SL as a student recruitment venue

33. http://www.slideshare.net/razitra