Visions in Second Life

Sitting in music while it is playing

Taking a space ride

Education through Immersion: Legal Issues in a Virtual

EnvironmentIda M. Jones, J.D.

Craig School of BusinessCalifornia State University, Fresno

idaj@csufresno.edu

Questions

• How many are familiar with internship programs in your school? Why are they effective?

• What do you know about immersive education?

• Explain current project-Sports Marketing Law

Spring 2009: Sports Marketing Law: student perspectives on using

Second Life

Spring 2009: Sports Marketing Law: student perspectives on using

Second Life

Explore the Possibilities

Educational Uses of Second Life (7 minutes)

What is Second Life?

• Three-dimensional virtual environment • Allows multiple users to interact with each

other• Through user-created avatars• Differs from 3D gaming

• No pre-established goals or objectives • No pre-established buildings or other creations• Residents “own” their creations• Linden dollars can be exchanged for “real”

dollars

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eFresnoStateThis is the dispute resolution center at eFresnoState in Second Life. The avatar pictured is Ida Recreant, your narrator.

The center is designed to allow students to meet and learn how to resolve disputes.

Each group of students will be assigned a certain role. In the front of the space, students will be required make presentations—these could be PowerPoint presentations, but for example, they could also be role playing scenarios. The possibilities in Second Life are endless.

The associated website (which I don’t have pictured here) will be used for students to register and identify themselves and record their arbitration decisions.

Student arbitrators will view the presentations (either in real time or later), do research and record their decisions on the website in a database.

In the future, others will be able to view the presentations, evaluate and even vote on them. This is an example of how you can use Second Life.

Experiential Education; Immersive Learning

• Kolb: people learn through experience

• Marton & Saljo: Deep vs. surface learning

Issues

• Orientation• Technical Issues• Accessibility• Expanding

Getting Started

• Educational Uses of Second Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFU9oUF2HA (video-7 minutes)

• Community Colleges in Second Life http://ccsl.wetpaint.com/?t=anon

• Recommend NMC http://www.nmc.org/keyword/second-life

• Look at avatar map: http://sl.nmc.org/map/ • For exciting possibilities go to: http://

delicious.com/nmc_campus