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How to Be a Building Contractor:

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Building a Complete Second Life Campus

Christopher KeeseyProject Manager

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AKA - Tanbou Ogg in SL

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Second Life Officially Launched in 2003

A 3-dimensional, user-defined world of general use in which people can interact, play, LEARN, do business, and otherwise communicate...

2006/2007 - Institutions of Higher Education Take

Notice:

Princeton

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Princeton%20University/156/158/24/

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Northern Illinois University

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glidden/86/168/24/

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/20/39/24/

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Ohio University

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/20/39/24/

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A SECOND LIFE TALE

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/20/39/24/

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This Second Life thing is amazing! Yeah!

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/20/39/24/

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Look I signed up and created my own avatar.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/20/39/24/

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Whoa, It really costs that much to buy and develop an island?

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ohio%20University/20/39/24/

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Can you give us the time and money to buy and develop our island?

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Be A Building Contractor

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Be A Building Contractor

• Centralize development contracts, budgets, deadlines etc...

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Be A Building Contractor

• Centralize development contracts, budgets, deadlines etc...• Manage any subcontractors

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Be A Building Contractor

• Centralize development contracts, budgets, deadlines etc...• Manage any subcontractors• Seek and employ other domains of specialization from around your university

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Be A Building Contractor

• Centralize development contracts, budgets, deadlines etc...• Manage any subcontractors• Seek and employ other domains of specialization from around your university • Manage Aesthetic Quality I.E. Your University’s Brand

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Be A Building Contractor

• Centralize development contracts, budgets, deadlines etc...• Manage any subcontractors• Seek and employ other domains of specialization from around your university • Manage Aesthetic Quality I.E. Your University’s Brand• Overall Planning

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Planning

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Planning Best Practice Tip #1

Do not plan your campus around buildings or structures but rather, plan your buildings, structures and spaces around activities.

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• Asynchronous Learning

• Synchronous Learning

• Arts and Music

• Conferences

• Student Group/Student Social Activities

Ohio University’s Initially Planned Activities

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Planning

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Remember This Guy?

A well laid-out plan will go far in putting money in that hand.

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Design and Development Phase

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• To Scale or not to Scale?

Design Considerations

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• To Scale or not to Scale?• Doors

Design Considerations

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• To Scale or not to Scale?• Doors• “Flyability”

Design Considerations

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• To Scale or not to Scale?• Doors• “Flyability”• Chat Bleed in Synchronous Learning Spaces

Design Considerations

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• To Scale or not to Scale?• Doors• “Flyability”• Chat Bleed in Synchronous Learning Spaces• Media and floor layout...

Design Considerations

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•Music / Fine Arts

•Student Services

•Alumni

•Distance Learning

•Computer Science (Scripting)

...

Involve Applicable RL Campus Domain Expertise

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SL Campus Management

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Who will:

SL Campus Management

Support Students Evangelize/Train faculty?

Change media in existing parcels?Manage permissions?

Cut new parcels when needed?Plan/Manage classes and class security?

Monitor Visitor Logging?Market the virtual campus?

Manage Visual Style/StandardsPick up the trash?

And so on and so on...

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One person can handle these tasks today.

Campus Management

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That may not always be the case.

Campus Management

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Island / Parcel Access

Public

Specific avatars

Access

Building

Specific group only

X

X

Much of the Ohio SL Campus follows the following model.

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Island / Parcel Security

How will you deal with this?

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Island / Parcel Security at Ohio University

•NO WEAPONS. PERIOD.

•Damage not enabled on Ohio Islands

•Violators banned from all OU islands.

•Griefers reported to Linden Labs

•Community Standards document at Campus Landing

•Avatar name and time logging

•Parcel access closed upon request for faculty and partners

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Think Scalable

As 3-D web applications change and evolve, ensure that your institution is able to change and evolve as well. Units that develop and manage Second Life campuses must be agile, efficient and unified in mission.

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Think Scalable

Proper planning, organizational structure and standards up front will allow universities to avoid the cacophony of disjointed designs and interfaces that have plagued us and our web site users since the 90s.

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The right planning now will ensure that your campus can be an active, positive and manageable environment for students, faculty and administrators for years to come.

Slideshow URL http://www.ouwb.ohiou.edu/keesey/distancelearning/presentation.pdf

Ohio University Second Life Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA

Ohio University Second Life Campus

http://slurl.com/secondlife/ohio%20university/20/36/24/ Or search “Ohio University” in the Second Life Map

PapersHow to Be a Building Contractor: Building a Complete Campus in Second Lifehttp://www.ouwb.ohiou.edu/keesey/distancelearning/building_contractor.pdf

The Path Less Traveled: Thinking Asynchronous for Learning in Second Lifehttp://www.ouwb.ohiou.edu/keesey/distancelearning/aynchronousInSL.pdf

Christopher KeeseyOhio University Without Boundaries

Email: keesey@ohio.eduWeb: www.ouwb.ohiou.edu

Links and Contact

OUWBOhio University Without Boundaries

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Slide URL: www.ouwb.ohiou.edu/keesey/distance_learning/buildingcontractor.pdf

Email: keesey@ohio.edu