Second Life Education/Resources

This list is maintained by Second Life™ educators as a resource for the community, and includes:

Links to websites with information and videos about education in Second Life™

SLURLs - teleport hyperlinks which open a map tool leading to particular locations in the virtual world (VW)

Networks

Email lists and groups are free; listen to the conversations or join in. Questions asked to the group draw on many years of experience. Make connections with others sharing best practices, common mistakes, and quick tips.

• Second Life Education Forum
• Educators -- SL Educators (The SLED List)
• VWed: VIRTUAL WORLDS EDUCATION WIKI

VW Learning Resources

General Information

• Second Life Knowledge Base
• Video Tutorials (SL Wiki)
• New Resident Resources in the SL Destination Guide
• Second Life Lexicon (404 File not found.)

Places in Second Life

• Orientation Center, Virtual Ability - Direct SLurl (Basic operation)
• Ivory Tower Library of Primitives - Direct SLurl (How to build objects)
• Texture Tutorial & Libraly - Direct SLurl (How to use textures)
• College of Scripting Music & Science - Direct SLurl (How to use Linden Script Language)
• The Particle Laboratory - Direct SLurl (How to use particle effect)
• The Vehicle Laboratory - Direct SLurl (How to build vehicle physics)

Language Learning

• Cypris Chat
• DRIVE-THROUGH ESL

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
• Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable (VWER)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) (Not a blog. Not SL-specific..."Misc." category?)
• Nonprofits in Second Life (NPSL)

Educators in SL (Videos)

• 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
• The Second Life Project: An Interview with Douglas Danforth

Learning Tools

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

Campuses and Communities (Direct SLurls)

• Educators and Non-Profits in the SL Destination Guide

Non-Profit / Community

• CHILBO ARTICLE DIRECTORY / Chilbo Community Wiki / Chilbo Town Hall and Plaza - Direct SLurl
• New Media Consortium Campus - Direct SLurl
• Nonprofit Commons - Direct SLurl
• The Science Circle official site / The Science Circle - Shamash - Direct SLurl

Academic

• Arkansas State University - Direct SLurl
• DePaul University, College of Computing and Digital Media - Direct SLurl
• East Carolina University - Direct SLurl
• Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus - Direct SLurl
• Northern Virginia Community College - Direct SLurl
• Ohio University Campus - Direct SLurl
• Saint Leo University Virtual Campus - Direct SLurl
• Stanford University Libraries - Direct SLurl
• The Open University, UK- Deep Think - Direct SLurl
• University of Western Australia - Direct SLurl
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Learning Technology Center - Direct SLurl
• Rockcliffe University - Direct SLurl / [1]
• University of Edinburgh (Vue) - Direct SLurl
• University of Washington- Virtual Biodome - Direct SLurl

Museums

STEM and Astronomy

• The Exploratorium - Direct SLurl/ The Splo - Direct SLurl
• The Tech Museum of Innovation - Direct SLurl
• Oddprofessor's Museum and Science Center - Direct SLurl (National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology)
• STEM Island - Direct SLurl (University of the Incarnate Word)
• International Spaceflight Museum - Direct SLurl
• Explorer Island - Direct SLurl (NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Spaceport UK - Direct SLurl

Biology and Health

• Genome - Direct SLurl(Texas Wesleyan University, Biology, Genetics)
• Anatomica, American Cancer Society - Direct SLurl
• OSU Medical Center - Direct SLurl (Ohio State University, Testis and Ovary tour)
• Tox Town at Virtual NLM - Direct SLurl

Geology, Oceanography and Natural history

• David Rumsey Maps - Direct SLurl
• Field Studies Centre at Bowness - Direct SLurl) (National Institute of Education, Singapore)
• Museum of Natural History of Vienna - Direct SLurl
• Abyss Observatory at Second Earth 3 - Direct SLurl (JAMSTEC)/ at Farwell - Direct SLurl (National Institute of Education, Singapore)

Social Science and Humanity

• The Modern Museum - Direct SLurl (Historical relation of Art, Architecture, Literature, Science & technology, society)
• US Holocaust Museum - Direct SLurl
• Cold War Museum - Direct SLurl
• SL Democide Museum - Direct SLurl (Plush Nonprofit Commons, History of genocides by governments)
• Museum of Sacred Art - Direct SLurl (Kira Institute, Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, Daoism, Shintoism, Islam, Judaism)
• The Aho Museum, New Media Consortium - Direct SLurl
• Museum art Nouveau - Direct SLurl
• The Museum of Surrealism - Direct SLurl

Other Science and Health Resources

• Science Related Places in Second Life (Yan Lauria, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Clinic, Health, Astronomy, Geology, Oceanography, Archaeology)
• Educational Places in Second Life List of Destinations from Teleport Hub System ”Gateway to Thinking” (Yan Lauria, Above + Rehabilitation, Art History, Literature, Architecture, Learning resources, creator's resources)
• Useful Links about Second Life (Lehigh University, YouTube and Long/Short list of Art, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences)
• Worlds of Education - Lesson Plan Database
• Expedition Central - Direct SLurl (ISTE SIGVE, Landmarks of Science & Education, Quests, Scifi & Steampunk, International & Exploration, Art & Culture)
• Community Cultural Hub - Direct SLurl (Landmarks of Spiritual, Arts, Countries, Soial Services, Historical, Educational, Others)
• Second Life Health Care Wiki - Direct SLurl
• UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations - Direct SLurl
• HealthInfo Island - Direct SLurl (Information of over 120 peer support organizations in SL)
• Artsea Muzeum - Direct SLurl (L$ 8 famous paintings in Art history)

Reference

• Minocha, Shailey & Reeves, Ahmad (2010) "Design of learning spaces in 3D virtual worlds: an empirical investigation of Second Life", Learning, Media and Technology, Vol. 35, No. 2, 111–137
• Minocha, Shailey & Hardy, Christopher (2011). "Designing navigation and wayfinding in 3D virtual learning spaces", 4th Annual Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education Conference, Second Life.
• Wimpenny, katherine, et al. (2012). "Unpacking frames of reference to inform the design of virtual world learning in higher education", Australasian J of Educational Technology, 28(Special issue, 3), 522-545
• Nishimura, Hajime, Lim, Kenneth & Koyamada, Koji (2012), "The Abyss Observatory - Designing for Remote Collaboration, Self-directed Discovery and Intuition Development in Multi-user Interactive 3D Virtual Environments", J of Virtual Worlds Research, Volume 5, Number 2, Asian Perspectives
• Sequeira, Luis & Morgado, Leonel (2013) "Virtual Archaeology in Second Life and OpenSimulator", J of Virtual Worlds Research, Volume 6, Number 1, The Metaverse Assembled
• Nussil, Natalie & Oh, Kevin (2014). "The Components of Effective Teacher Training in the Use of Three-Dimensional Immersive Virtual Worlds for Learning and Instruction Purposes: A Literature Review", J of Information Technology for Teacher Education, 22(2):213-241.
• Oh, Kevin & Nussil, Natalie (2014). "Teacher training in the use of a three-dimensional immersive virtual world: Building understanding through first-hand experiences", J of Teaching and Learning with Technology, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 33 – 58
• Tate, Austin, et al. (2014) "Virtual Collaboration Spaces: Bringing Presence to Distributed Collaboration", J of Virtual Worlds Research, Volume 7, Number 2, Assembled 2014