Second Life

What is Second Life?

• A 3-D Virtual World

A rich visual environment

http://boracay.wikispaces.com/

A place to get into trouble…

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/zeno4ever/383159987/

Who is doing it?

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/434142103/in/photostream/

Non Profit organizations

http://www.flickr.com/photos/janet_powell/417982387/

USC Annenberg

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksimpkins/142984795/

How does it work?

Local Client

• Credit card number or cell phone

• Good graphics card

• Connection to the internet

Who are you (really)?

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/427626589/

Public Spaces

Private Spaces-clubs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/clopin/267961478/

Private Spaces

•http://www.flickr.com/photos/janet_powell/241264989/

Why is it significant?

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380919210/

addictive

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcsixth/437024606/

Potential to make anything

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/260218800/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/geekstar/450892815/

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/380868194/

What are the downsides?

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/edouard_r/304896329/

Server goes down

Griefers

Expensive

Where is it going?

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/89376128@N00/380907239/

More islands

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttrinoid/440927455/

Sloodle

Social

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/247952860/

What are the implications for teaching and learning?

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/janet_powell/303262305/

Learning Spaces

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyprien/279096622/

Learning Spaces

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmc-campus/297008520/

Seating Circle

• Courtesy of Nick Noakes

Simulations

Visualizations

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttrinoid/440924730/in/photostream/

Immersive Learning Environments

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyprien/437115361/

Resources?

• http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Intro_videos

• http://edumuve.com/tour/

• SLED : Second Life Educators– https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/

mailman/listinfo/educators

• Thanks to Nick Noakes for comments and suggestions.

• Cyprien Lomas

• clomas@educause.edu

• SL: Seb Basiat