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 and Mailing List

• Second Life Education Forum
• Educators -- SL Educators (The SLED List)

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
• DRIVE-THROUGH ESL

Places to Learn Second Life Skills

• Orientation Center, Virtual Ability (Basic operation -- Direct SLurl)
• Ivory Tower of Prims (How to build objects - Direct SLurl)
• Texture Tutorial (How to use textures - Direct SLurl)
• College of Scripting (How to use Linden Script Language - Direct SLurl)
• The Particle Laboratory ((How to use particle - Direct SLurl)
• Vehicle Laboratory (How to build vehicle physics - 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
• Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable (VWER)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Nonprofits in Second Life (NPSL)

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
• 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

Interesting Virtual Campuses (Direct SLurls)

• Educators and Non-Profits in the SL Destination Guide
• Harvard Law School's Austin Hall I think this region is not Harvard Law School.
• New Media Consortium Campus (Direct SLurl)
• Ohio University Campus (Direct SLurl)
• Bowling Green State University Virtual Campus the SIM is not available
• Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus (Direct SLurl)
• Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) (Direct SLurl)
• Saint Leo University Virtual Campus (Direct SLurl)
• Democracy Island (NYLS) the SIM is not available
• East Carolina University (Direct SLurl)
• DePaul University, College of Computing and Digital Media (Direct SLurl)
• Northern Virginia Community College (Direct SLurl)
• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Learning Technology Center (Direct SLurl)
• Deep Think, The Open University, UK (Direct SLurl)

Museums

(STEM and Astronomy)

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

(Biology and Health)

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

(Geology, Oceanography and Natural history)

• David Rumsey Maps (Direct SLurl)
• Field Studies Centre at Bowness (National Institute of Education, Singapore - Direct SLurl)
• Museum of Natural History of Vienna (Direct SLurl)
• Abyss Observatory at SE3 (JAMSTEC - Direct SLurl)
• Abyss Observatory at Farwell (National Institute of Education, Singapore - Direct SLurl)

(Social Scinence and Humanity)

• The Modern Museum (Direct SLurl)
• US Holocaust Museum (Direct SLurl)
• Cold War Museum (Direct SLurl)
• The Aho Museum, New Media Consortium (Direct SLurl)

Other Science and Health Resources

• Science Related Places in Second Life (Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, Astronomy, Geology, Oceanography, Arcaeology)
• Educational Places in Second Life (Above + Art History, Literature, Architecture, Learning resources, creator's resources)
• Worlds of Education - Lesson Plan Database
• Expedition Central - Direct SLurl (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)