UPDATE, May 20: Bumped up post for the weekend launch. Teleport to the welcome sim here. SLurls to the Eduverse sims up now are:
- Science Circle: http://maps.secondlife.com/
secondlife/The%20Science% 20Circle/72/129/30 - Virtech: http://maps.secondlife.com/
secondlife/Virtech/127/126/31 - Community Virtual Library: http://maps.secondlife.com/
secondlife/Cookie/201/212/21 - Mayo Clinic: http://maps.
secondlife.com/secondlife/ Mayo%20Clinic/121/170/34 - Whole Brain Health: http://maps.
secondlife.com/secondlife/ Inspiration%20Island/82/100/23 - University of New Mexico (at Rockcliffe): http://maps.secondlife.com/
secondlife/Rockcliffe% 20Village/48/42/23
In the first flush of general interest in the Metaverse, literally hundreds of colleges and universities opened up a virtual campus in Second Life -- up to and including Harvard -- but most of that enthusiasm has drifted away in recent years.
Starting this Saturday at 11am PT, however, a group of dedicated educators are soft launching a new Second Life-based project with the help of Linden Lab: The Virtual Worlds Education Consortium: Click here to teleport.
Unlike that previous era, where universities each had their own isolated (and usually empty) SL campus, these educators are creating an expansive, shared campus:
In Coronavirus' Wake, Virtual World-Based Educator Using Both Zoom and Second Life to Teach Her Classes (Comment of the Week)
As educators discuss the appeal of Linden Lab's new post-Coronavirus land discount for schools, teacher and reader Kaylee West offers a unique perspective on using virtual worlds as a pedagogic tool now that her students can't be in the same room as her:
Hopefully someone at Linden Lab notices that last request. Kaylee's been using Second Life as a teaching tool in her university for 12 years, and has noticed some interesting (and positive) advantages to that over the years:
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Posted on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 01:58 PM in Comment of the Week, Education in SL | Permalink | Comments (4)
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