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Second Life and Virtual Academics:   Using MUVEs to Enhance Teaching and Learning Beth Ritter-Guth  (Desideria Stockton) David Longenbach  (Foe Hammerer)
Your Guides ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Vestibule ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight The Archetypal Cavern http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cevert/131/87/50
Limbo ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight Mama Day Interactive http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montclair%20State%20CHSS/222/160/0
The Lustful ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight The Gothic Literature Classroom http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%203/224/32/0
The Gluttonous ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight Literature of the Progressive Era http://slurl.com/secondlife/VIT%20World/151/128/23
Hoarders and Wasters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight The Walden Farm Project http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monroe%20CC%202/210/212/0
The Wrathful ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight Grendel’s Lair http://slurl.com/secondlife/Io/19/201/54
The Heretics ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight Rime of the Ancient Mariner http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lehigh%20Carbon%20Island/194/89/31
The Violent ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Women and War Partnership http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drexel/194/30/0 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Fraudulent ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Spotlight Edgar Allan Poe’s House of Usher http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lehigh%20Carbon%20Island/194/89/31
The Treacherous ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Questions? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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