Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Second Life in the Education Arena
with thanks mostly to Martin Mackain-Bremner via the recent JISC Web 2.0 Webinar
Second Life official homepage: http://www.secondlife.com/ and http://secondlife.com/education/
Media coverage:
Second Life has received a LOT of media coverage in the past year or so. A press archive is maintained here: http://secondlife.com/news/
Some academic projects:
Schome: http://www.schome.ac.uk/
TPLD: http://tpld.net/main.php?page=102
Game-based learning essentials: http://www.tpld.net/tpld/main.php?page=142
DDM Collective (Annabeth Robinson's class project page): http://ddmcollective.blogspot.com
Sloodle (Integration of Moodle and SL) : http://www.sloodle.com/
There is an expansive Wiki hosted on Simteach.com
Go to http://www.simteach.com/ and click on the 'Wiki' button or go direct using this link: http://tinyurl.com/zbwlj
The papers from the 2006 Second Life Education workshop can be downloaded from here: http://www.simteach.com/SLCC06/
There is also a Second Life Education - UK group that has been set up 'in-world'. It is free to join and hopes to organise virtual events
at least on a monthly basis. Using the 'Search' menu, look for the group UK Educators . A wiki page for the group has been set up here:
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=UK_Educators , please add your own details to the page!
Other Virtual Worlds
There exist a range of other Virtual Worlds now available or in development.
Some notable ones include:
OpenCroquet http://www.opencroquet.org/
(and Qwaq http://www.qwaq.com/ )
Active Worlds http://www.activeworlds.com/
There http://www.there.com/
and development platforms:
Blink3D http://www.pelicancrossing.com/
Multiverse http://www.multiverse.net/
For a longer list, see the Virtual Worlds Review: http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/
and: immersive worlds guide
See also the recent JISC Review on Learning in Immersive Worlds at
http://www.elearning.ac.uk/news_folder/ news_item.2007-02-26.9065151405
Caspian Learning are one of the leading UK providers of services that can be hosted by them or by institutions:
http://www.caspianlearning.co.uk/
Eduserv in Second Life http://www.eduserv.co.uk/foundation/sl.aspx
Virtual worlds, real learning?
Seminar, Thursday 10th May 2007 Congress Centre, London
http://www.eduserv.co.uk/foundation/symposium/2007/
More to be added on Second Life as I get it...
posted by Helen Whitehead 9:25 AM
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