Second Life has great potential as a platform for innovative education, and we encourage educators to take advantage of this through our Campus: Second Life program. As part of this effort, we offer educators some land on a temporary basis to use as a 'headquarters' for their class to meet.
Details about Campus: Second Life can be found here: http://www.secondlife.com/csl
Second Life gives these students a remarkable opportunity to be part of an amazing virtual experience, rather than just reading about it. Please remember that it isn't our intention for the community be 'guinea pigs' for study, any more than you would be if an anthropologist or sociologist were asking you questions in real life. In any case you are free to participate in conversations with these students/educators or not, as you choose.
Each Campus: Second Life class is for this fall semester, and they are either already in or getting ready to enter Second Life.
Resident Educator: Guidano Gascoigne
Affiliation: Cultural Computing Program at the Siebel Center for Computer Science, University of Illinois
Course: "Art in Virtual Worlds"
Student Family Name: Culcomp
Resident Educator: Tab Scott
Affiliation: School of Architecture, Montana State University, Bozeman
Course: "Digital Collaboration in Architecture"
Student Family Name: Montana
Resident Educator: Nekokami Dragonfly
Affiliation: Southern New Hampshire University
Course: "Introduction to International Business"
Student Family Name: Frost
Resident Educator: Professor Kaos
Affiliation: Department of Instructional Design and Technology, The Teachers College, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
Course: "Foundations of Instructional Technology"
Student Family Name: Hornet
Resident Educator: DrD Koolhaas
Affiliation: University of Colorado at Denver (CU Online)
Course: "Urban Planning in the Gaming World"
Student Family Name: Deville
Resident Educator: Valentine Wiggins
Affiliation: Graduate School of Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
Course: “Human Computer Interface”
Student Family Name: Wiggins
Resident Educator: AB Beach
Affiliation: School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
Course: "Designing Digital Communities"
Student Family Name: Rollins
Resident Educator: Sherpa Greenleaf
Affiliation: Whittier College, California
Course: "Introduction to Sociological Perspectives on Education"
Student Family Name: Greenleaf
Resident Educator: Celia Pearce
Affiliation: University of Southern California
Course: "Multiplayer Game Design"
Student Family Name: N/A (students have created their own accounts)
Resident Educator: Moriz Gupte
Affiliation: Institute of Rural Health, Idaho State Universiwty, Pocatello
Course: "Exploring healthcare applications in Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Environments (MMORPEs) using the SecondLife platform"
Student Family Name: Bengal
Resident Educator: Virtual Bacon
Affiliation: Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Colorado Mountain College
Course: "Education's Second Life"
Student Family Name: N/A
Resident Educator: deb Sartre
Affiliation: Montgomery College (Rockville Campus) Maryland
Course: "Introduction to Game & Simulation Development"
Student Family Name: MC
As you can see, we have a wide range of interests! These students and educators are pioneers in using Second Life as part of their course curriculum, and their efforts will help promote the use of Second Life as a cutting-edge tool for learning and education.
If you have any additional questions about Campus: Second Life, please contact me directly (pathfinder@lindenlab.com).
Take care,
-Pathfinder