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Second Life for Educators
What is Second Life (SL)?
Dr Ashley Tan, Media eXperentiaL Studio, 2009
Going in-world (hands on)
SL for education (minds on)
It is a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) inhabited and shaped by resident
everything in SL is created by users
with a 3-D modelling tool
and a scripting language
SL is a virtual world developed by Linden Lab in 2003
SL is not a game
SL is an environment for
interacting
collaborating
expressing yourself
doing just about anything you
can do in real life like...
there are no levels, quests or goals
change your gender or
appearance easily
or fly & teleport
visiting places of interest
Click
right arrow
to
START
become a
but you can create a game-like environment if you wish
shopping
GIANT
or a microbe
SL has an active economy
Clothes for avatars
Real estate
Creation & sale of
other artefacts
Ansche Chung, SL millionaire
How about educational
Second Life?
YouTube videos
SL hands-on at the MxL
Readings
Gathering at MX Land
Orientation
Visiting SL sites
Seven things you need to know about Second Life (Educause article)
http://tinyurl.com/dykmvl
Antonacci, D.M. & Modress, N. (2008). Envisioning the Educational Possibilities of User-Created Virtual Worlds. AACE Journal, 16(2), 115-126.
http://tinyurl.com/3mc5xv
http://tinyurl.com/2ov8ok
Outline
on some educational possibilities of Second Life
created by Dr Ashley Tan (ashley.tan AT nie.edu.sg)
of the National Institute of Education, Singapore (February 2009)
for the purpose of introducing Second Life to select groups of teachers
resources used in this presentation were freely available online at production time
images used were shared under the creative commons licence
(Business Week, November 2006)
The official currency in SL is the Linden dollar (L$)
L$250 is equivalent to ~US$1
L$166 is roughly the same as S$1
Gartner predicts that by
of people online will have avatars
http://tinyurl.com/yupd8v
Some things you CAN do in SL
(but not in real life)...
2011
80%
http://www.secondlife.com
avatars
http://www.mxlstudio.info
An introduction to Second Life by Dr Ashley Tan (2009, NIE, Singapore). Contact: ashleys.niche@gmail.com.
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Mihaela Sandu
Erik Lignell says: Excellent presentation Ashley, I'm currently in school and wish there was some way that my professors could involve the class more rather than just standing up and lecturing. I've used SL for the past few months and the ways it can be used to visualize concepts and teach is amazing. I am a visual learner... to sit in a chair for an hour or two to "learn" while someone is lecturing is torture. Wish you incredible success in bringing SL (and Prezi) to the attention of teachers everywhere! Reply
Ingela Lundh
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Ashley Tan : Thank you for the kind words. Selling SL to teachers is tough, but I keep trying and your words encourage me! Reply
Hammam Riza
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Deborah Wanek says: Wow! great info! Reply
Deborah Wanek says: Wow! great info! Reply
Muzon Ashgar
Mark Wills says: Thanks for this. I'm interested in the potential of SL. Dreaming of integrations with theology and education. Reply
Yvonne Turner
Ashley Tan : Glad you liked it! Reply
Ashley Tan : Would love to hear your ideas! Reply
John Werner