engaging learning in second life

Pauline Randall (aka Liz Ferlinghetti)virtual-e Ltd

Virtual world benefits through real world solutions

What are you trying to achieve? Students won’t be entranced by some

PowerPoint slides in Second Life Could this teaching be done more effectively

with another tool – a web page, a VLE etc?

Ashridge Business School - currently creating the building then looking at different ways of combining with current e-learning for distance students

JISC RSCs in Scotland - developing induction workshops for Second Life which include interactive activities

Clear purpose to being there Make it interesting and challenging Have definite outcomes

Take a case study Perhaps a business plan exercise Lots of information on a piece of paper Write up your views on how viable this

business is and your proposals for moving it forward

Create the scenario in Second Life Embed the information into objects Let the students go and look for the

information, think about it and then write up their report

Using a laboratory Health and safety Hygiene in a kitchen Crime scene analysis

Give your students a proper induction into Second Life

Don’t make activities too simple Ask your students for some help – building,

scripting, ideas Be creative, be innovative with Second Life,

make it work for you

Pauline Randall (Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life)

Second Life Solution Provider

www.virtual-e.co.ukPauline.randall@virtual-e.co.uk

virtual-e Island in Second Lifehttp://slurl.com/secondlife/virtual%20e/130/127/24

Virtual world benefits through real world solutions

Places to visit in Second Life and some useful websites

Ashridge Business School CyMal Museums & Libraries Imperial College London, Faculty of Medicine Square One Market Research, Florida University of Hawaii

Abyss Museum of Ocean Science - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82 Autodesk Island – Engineering Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/220/117/22 Bowling Green State University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Creation/255/255/33 Camp Darfur - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/175/247/21 Chinese School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chinese%20School/130/196/22 Dresden Art Gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/168/128/26 Edinburgh University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edinburgh%20University/128/128/28 Genome Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/135/92/29 Leeds College of Art & Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/44/69/34 Streets of Baghdad - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/182/192/23

Educause Review - http://connect.educause.edu/er?time=1222711572 Institutions & Organisations in SL -

http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL Second Life – www.secondlife.com Second Life Stats - http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php SLED (Second Life Educators) List - https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-

bin/mailman/listinfo/educators SLED Blog - http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml