Occdla In Second Life- Year 2

OCCDLA In Second Life

Year Two

2008-09 Project Goals

- Purchase and Establish the Island in Second Life

- Begin identifying and defining Administrative Processes

- Train 10 instructors in using Second Life for their practice

- Choose 3 projects to develop for 2009-2010 delivery

Results

-There were 77 requests for training participation- of those, 37 Faculty & 11 Staff/Administration Trained with OR CC Isle. - Presentations made to State Library Directors, 3 groups of Game Design Students, 1 Class of Library Tech. students, & Umpqua CC's Faculty Leadership team.

- Conference Presentations made at SLCC, ITC E-Learning & NWMET. Conference Attendance at Stepping into Science in Second Life and Sloan-C Emergent Technologies.

- Island Resource Management & Communication in place. (Main Info Site, Blog, Moodle Course, Weekly Meetings, Resource Request Form, Idea Development Form)

Results (cont.)

- Five projects currently in development for year three - Support for Umpqua Community College Virtual Viticulture Island Development

- 26 multi-institutional island development meetings happened with an average of 5 participants from 3 institutions each meeting. Using an average of the number of miles between the three top participating colleges (PCC, CGCC and MHCC), had we physically gotten together for these meetings, we would have had to travel 1218 miles, spending $669.90 in mileage and 35 hours of travel time.

Ongoing Development - Medical Simulation in Second Life

- Philosophy 201

- OR CC Libraries in Second Life

- Machinima Studio & Ch. 27 Media

- Flora Project

- Meeting Spaces & Professional Development

- Umpqua Community College / Roseburg Phoenix School

Future Plans-Social Events to encourage more active use of OR CC Isle -Art Exhibition -Performance: Music, Plays, Etc. -Guest Lecture Series -Avatar Tours (Both our island and themed by subject area in Second Life) -Students join us this year on the Island- Building Student Support for each institution.

-Ongoing Blogging, Outreach, Training & Support for Faculty & Staff of Oregon Community Colleges.

- Machinima Production about the project and its goals with distribution on PCC's Cable Channel 27 & streaming online.

The Longhouse Library

The Longhouse Library

Cascades Firepit

The Amphitheater

Willamette Lowlands

The Sandbox

North Shore Beach

Skybox Theater

Theater Lobby

Theater Interior

Nurse OCCDLA

Medical Simulation Center

Philosophy Garden

Philosophy Garden Info