Second Life in Education

Google Presentation on Second Life in Education at:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=df7pqsvm_0ckp38s

3D Online User Environments

DELTA at NC State is looking into 3D Online User Environments such as Second Life for Distance Education Purposes - here are my notes from the session I attended.

3D environments
Activeworlds - more control, hosted, not cross-platform, 30-50 people at a time
SecondLife - v. popular, freely avail, huge community
Google SketchUp - Info System, can set-up virtual space, develop models for Google Earth
Advanced Game Engines - requires programming experience for development

PP315 - Diagnostic Game - Lab environment simulation

Challenges: Accessibility & FERPA

http://wikis.lib.ncsu.edu/index.php/3D-OLE_Exploration_at_NCSU


Other Resources:
Discovery Education
Once upon a SLURL...Learning in Second Life

K-12 Online COnference
“Second Life: K-20 Educators Exploring Virtual Worlds - Panel”