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.

Second Life Education Forum

• http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Second-Life-Education/bd-p/SLEDU

General Learning Resources

• Second Life Knowledge Base
• Video Tutorials (SL Wiki)
• New Resident Resources in the SL Destination Guide
• Second Life Lexicon

Language Learning

• Cypris Chat

Places to Learn Second Life Skills

• Ivory Tower of Prims (Direct SLurl)
• College of Scripting (Direct SLurl)
• The Particle Laboratory (Direct SLurl)
• Vehicle Laboratory (Direct SLurl)

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

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 Aho Museum (New Media Consortium -- Direct SLurl)
• The Exploratorium
• The Tech Museum of Innovation in Second Life

Science and Health Resources

• Science Related Places in Second Life
• Educational Resources in Second Life- Destinations of Teleport Hub System "Gateway to Thinking"
• Scilands (Science Lands) the website is not avalable
• Second Life Health Care Wiki
• UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations
• HealthInfo Island (Direct SLurl)
• Spaceport Alpha (International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium -- Direct SLurl)
• Genome (Biology, Genetics - Direct SLurl)