Second Life in HE

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


NESIM


Simulations



Modular Molecules


Collaborative Molecules


Music Appreciation


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