Second Life in HE

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Kate Boardman, October 25th 2008

Immersing yourself in virtual learningUsing Second Life for Education

• Virtual Learning• Virtual Teaching• Virtual World

• Real Learning• Real Teaching• Real World

Virtual Learning

• 3D immersive environments

• Simulations

• Collaboration

• Exploration

• Creation

Virtual Teaching

• Should we simply build on existing provision?

• Do we need to provide useful additional basic skills to allow effective student integration and enhance their immersive experience?

• Do we enable and empower students to develop an identity with their avatars?

• How do we provide this if it is necessary?

Getting Started

Orientations

Freebie City

Beyond Newbie

Playing? Living?

Immersive Environments

Traditional Teaching

Less Traditional

Being Imaginative

• Health ( + hallucinations, testes tour)• Science ( + Space Museum, Genome Island)• Using audio, creating sets• Field trips (scale, size, navigational geography)• Cultural immersion (SL user base)• Performance Art• Architecture

Simulations

Modular Molecules

Collaborative Molecules

Music Appreciation

Parthenon

Assisi

Sistine Chapel

Cultural Immersion

Second Sweden

Midsommar Concert

Alhambra, Granada

Generalife

Bayeux Tapestry

‘Sky Dancers’

Palomar Medical Center

The Campus Question

Teeslife

• Food technology• Art• Forensics• Nursing• Architecture• Engineering• Marketing• Sociological Research• Psychological Research

• Programming• Digital Music• Animation• History & Community Studies• Media Production• Journalism• Learning and Teaching

research• E@T Lunch

E@T Staff Lounge