Second Life for Educators: Second Life for Educators Patti Jennings, Digital Immigrant & Marketing Executive, Dallas TeleLearning, DCCCD Erin Jennings, Digital Native & Instructional Design Assistant, UTD Global MBA Online


What is Second Life?: What is Second Life? MUVE Multi-User Virtual Environment www.secondlife.com “Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents.” Second Life is NOT a game Main grid is for adults only (18+) “Introduction to Second Life” Machinima http://blip.tv/file/74378/


Is Second Life A Trend?: Is Second Life A Trend? The Horizon Report, 2007 Edition Virtual Worlds Time to Adoption: Two to Three Years “Campuses and businesses have established locations in these worlds, much as they were creating websites a dozen years ago. In the same way that the number and sophistication of websites grew very quickly as more people began to browse, virtual locations will become more common and more mature as the trend continues.”


Second Life and Higher Education: Second Life and Higher Education Colleges and Universities in SL “SL provides a unique and flexible environment for educators interested in distance learning, computer-supported cooperative work, simulation, new media studies and corporate training.” – SL “Using SL as a supplement to traditional classroom environments also provides new opportunities for enriching an existing curriculum. Many universities and educational institutions are already using SL.” - SL


SL Educational Resources: SL Educational Resources Second Life Tutorials and Guides Instructional Videos and Machinima www.secondlife.com Second Life: The Official Guide Book for purchase SL Education Wiki http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki SLED: Second Life Educators List Serv http://secondlife.com/businesseducation/education.php SL Healthcare Support & Education Mailing List https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/healthcare Info Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/


SL In-World Groups: SL In-World Groups Real Life Education in Second Life Interested in educational possibilities of SL Second Life Grad Student Colony Limited to students pursuing advanced degrees Second Life Researchers Limited to academics pursuing authorized research projects Health Education


Why Buy an Island?: Why Buy an Island? Marketing & Recruitment The Digital Natives are coming! Instruction Immersive Learning Simulations NOAA’s Virtual Island http://youtube.com/watch?v=is8YX32GAyQ Training Play2Train: http://irhbt.typepad.com/play2train Socialization


Cost of a Second Life: Cost of a Second Life Basic Account is free Access to events, shopping, building (temporarily in sand boxes), scripting & more Premium Account Costs $9.95/mo Allows you to own land, display, entertain and live in SL Private Island Ownership Education Discount Small island = $980 for 65,536 sq. meters (about 16 acres) Monthly land fee for maintenance = $150/mo Renting space


Marooned!: Marooned! Your new island is flat and empty. You need a plan! Buildings Landscape Access Use of sky


Slide10: Proposed UTD SOM Landscaping Map


Fieldtrip!: Fieldtrip! UTD SOM UTD ATEC Info Island Harvard Casablanca


More Resources: More Resources Second Life: Knowledge Base http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase/ Unofficial Guide http://www.sldrama.com/index.php?page=2;ffbook=1 Erin’s Basic Guide www.utdallas.edu/~ebj016000/SecondLife/SecondLifeGuide.pdf Second Life Developer Resources http://secondlife.com/developers/resources.php


Contact Information: Contact Information Patti Jennings Email: pjennings@dcccd.edu Second Life: Patti Lemuria Erin Jennings Email: erin.jennings@utdallas.edu Second Life: Serinity Gaea