Second Life Education/Resources
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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
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)
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