Second Life Education/Resources

The Education Community is Among the Most Vibrant and Active in Second Life

The education community is the fastest growing and among the most vibrant, active, and dynamic in Second Life. The email lists and groups are free to join and are places where you can listen to the conversations or join in. When you ask a question to the group, you are drawing on a deep well of experience and good will, where people generously share best practices, common mistakes, quick tips, and make connections.

Email Lists

• SLED (Second Life Education) Hosted by Linden Lab
• Healthcare Educators Hosted by Linden Lab
• Non-Profit Educators Hosted by Linden Lab
• Second Life for Academic Researchers

General Learning Resources

• Second Life Knowledge Base
• Video Tutorials (SL Wiki)
• New Resident Resources in the SL Destination Guide
• Second Life Lexicon
• Info Island Library Reference and Help Desk(Direct SLurl) "We are unable to locate the region 'Info Island International'"
• New Media Consortium
• ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
  • ISTE IN SECOND LIFE
  • ISTE SIGVE Special Interest Group for Virtual Environments
  • ISTE's Second Life Wiki - Events

Language Learning

• Cypris Chat

Places to Learn Second Life Skills

• Ivory Tower of Prims (Direct SLurl)
• Info Island International - The Learning Curve (Direct SLurl) "We are unable to locate the region 'Info Island International'"

SL Education Blogs

• Virtual Center for Archives and Records Management (VCARA), SJSU/SLIS—virtual space for those interested in archives, records, and special collections to network and collaborate
• Brad Kleinman’s Blog eMarketing, Entrepreneurship, and a shot of Courvoisier (questionable status: please check)
• Mal's SL EDU Blog (questionable status: please check)
• Second Life Campus (questionable status: please check)

Videos Showcasing Educators in SL

• ISTE Eduverse Series
• Metanomics Robert Bloomfield interview with Dr. Leslie Jarmon (In Memoriam 1952-2009), Faculty Development Specialist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin
• Solar System
• International Spaceflight Center
• NMC Campus
• Disaster Preparedness Training in Second Life
• Second Life - Heart Murmur Sim
• Games in Education
• Bobcat Village: Texas State's Second Life Campus Tour
• Virtual Learning Machinima Videos

Learning Tools

• S.L.O.O.D.L.E - Simulation Linked Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
• Blackboard Integration

Interesting Virtual Campuses (Direct SLurls)

• Educators and Non-Profits in the SL Destination Guide
• Harvard Law School's Austin Hall
• New Media Consortium Campus
• Ohio University Campus
• Bowling Green State University Virtual Campus
• Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus
• Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue)
• Saint Leo University Virtual Campus
• Democracy Island (NYLS)
• East Carolina University

Museums

• The Sistine Chapel (Vassar Island -- Direct SLurl)
• Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum "Information about this location is unavailable at this time..."
• The Aho Museum (New Media Consortium -- Direct SLurl) "Information about this location is unavailable at this time, please try again later."
• The Exploratorium
• The Tech Museum of Innovation in Second Life

Science and Health Resources

• Science Projects in Second Life "...webpage is not available"
• Scilands (Science Lands)
• Second Life Health Care Wiki
• UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations
• Heart Murmur Sim (Direct SLurl) {Teleport leads to LL site in Waterhead region}
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC -- Direct SLurl) {Teleport leads to retail shop}
• Imperial College, London (Direct SLurl) "We are unable to locate the region 'NHS London'"
• HealthInfo Island (Direct SLurl)
• Spaceport Alpha (International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium -- Direct SLurl)
• NOAA's Virtual Island (Direct SLurl)
• Genome (Biology, Genetics - Direct SLurl)