Second Life Education Presentation
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A presentation I gave on 7/24 in Boston to discuss what higher ed publishers should know about Second Life education.
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Second Life Education Presentation
- 1. SECOND LIFE IN HIGHER EDUCATION Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins Presentation for Houghton Mifflin July 24, 2007
- 2. A Little About Me 97: BA in Literature ‘ 99-’02: Macmillan/Que ‘ 03: MA in Literature Now: PhD Candidate in Rhetoric and Writing Director of Emerging Technologies at MediaSauce.com
- 3. MediaSauce.com Internal and External Digital Communication and Marketing Strategist
- 4. Understanding Virtual Environment Communication Mechanics: A Developing Taxonomy of Digital Spaces
- 5. 10 Qualities of Virtual Environments that Impact Communication
- 6. Access and Relationship to Others Limited Access Freer Access Limited Relationships Freer Relationships
- 8. Who are our STUDENTS ? Where do they LIVE ? How do they LEARN outside the classroom?
- 10. 67% GET NEWS ONLINE
- 11. 70% RESEARCH FOR SCHOOL ONLINE
- 12. 64% SEND IMs
- 13. 74% WATCH VIDEOS ONLINE
- 14. 43% PLAY ONLINE GAMES
- 16. 91% INTERNET SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
- 17. 52% READ BLOGS
- 18. 60% SEND/RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGES
- 19. 57% SEARCHED FOR INFO ABOUT COLLEGE
- 20. Wikipedia Traditional Encyclopedia
- 21. WHERE WE TEACH THEM
- 22. HOW WE DELIVER INFORMATION
- 23. LET’S COMPARE
- 24. VS.
- 25. VS.
- 26. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
- 27. What is Second Life? M ulti U ser V irtual E nvironment
- 28. History of Second Life April ‘03 : Second Life founded by Linden Lab, SF CA June ‘03 : Second Life goes live March ‘06 : Intellagirl Tully is born October ‘06 : Second Life reaches 1 million January ‘06 : Second Life reaches 2 million
- 29. Gartner’s Hype Cycle changes when applied to Second Life education Start here? Start here? Start here?
- 30. Components of Second Life
- 32. The Map
- 33. Chat Instant Messaging Inventory Friends List MiniMap Motion Controls Camera Controls Building Tools Chat Window Media Controls
- 34. LEARNING METHODS IN SECOND LIFE
- 35. ENCOURAGING SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS
- 36. PLAYING A ROLE
- 37. CHANGING ROLES IN DRAMATIC WAYS
- 38. DISORIENTATION
- 39. INTERACTING WITH FANTASY
- 41. WHAT SUBJECTS ARE SUITABLE TO SECOND LIFE?
- 42. Art
- 43. Biology UK National Physics Lab – Color Blindness
- 44. Business
- 45. Architecture
- 46. Communication CMC Verbal and NonVerbal Small Group Interpersonal
- 48. English
- 49. Apparel Design
- 51. History Roma
- 52. Journalism
- 53. Modern Languages
- 54. Physics
- 56. Psychology UC Davis Schizophrenia Simulator
- 57. Sociology
- 58. Theatre/Literature New Globe Theatre
- 59. Literature Literature Alive’s Inferno
- 60. Implications Appeal to today’s student Collaboration between campuses, disciplines, students/nonstudents Distributed learning Authenticity Seamless integration from school to work
- 61. What SL Educators Need Reliable content A trusted guide Safe spaces Understanding of SL in context of other technologies