GET A MUVE ON: GET A MUVE ON: USING SECOND LIFE IN EDUCATION USING SECOND LIFE IN EDUCATION

Conference Day 2008Miami Dade College

Rodan Rodenbergeraka Rhonda BergerCT&D

Jellie Laneaka Janelle FernandezVirtual College

WHAT IS SECOND LIFE?WHAT IS SECOND LIFE?• Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely created by its Residents. • Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today

is inhabited by millions of residents from around the globe.

HOW IS IT USED?HOW IS IT USED?

• Social Interaction & Networking• Businesses (Both in SL and real life)• Government – NASA, NOAA• Entrepreneurial endeavors• Creative Arts (live music, etc.)• Education – List of schools

SECOND LIFE IN EDUCATIONSECOND LIFE IN EDUCATION

• Active Learning:– An ideal platform for

engaging students in creating their own learning activities, experiences and environments, and not just be passive consumers of learning.

• 3D virtual worlds can provide:– opportunities for rich sensory

immersive experiences.– Authentic contexts and activities

for experiential learning, simulation and role-play.

LET’S TAKE A TOUR….LET’S TAKE A TOUR….• Educational Use Video• Ohio State University YouTube

ENGLISH CLASSENGLISH CLASS• English students at the University of Texas-Austin each picked a role model,

created an avatar and assumed the role of the avatar for the activity. Among avatars: Malcolm X, Oprah, Mother Teresa, Bill Gates and Teddy Roosevelt. The students conducted conversations in the personae of their avatars.

LIBRARIESLIBRARIES• What do Libraries do?

– Reference• Desk is staffed• Uses Questionpoint chat reference

software• Email a librarian service

– Outreach programs• Writers talks• Visit from historical figures• Book discussions

– Collections• External links• Web tools accessed within SL• Items specially made for SL• Database Trials

– Classes and Seminars• About using SL tools• For Librarians

Slideshare Presentation

LIBRARYLIBRARY• Library of Congress Exhibit now

open in Second Life– Includes dioramas,

streamed audio, text in the form of larger-than-life documents and SL note cards, information kiosks and even period furniture.

• Info Island• Cleveland Public Library 

LANGUAGE/CULTURAL LEARNINGLANGUAGE/CULTURAL LEARNING

BUSINESS BUSINESS • Thousands of residents are

making part or all of their real life income from their Second Life Businesses.

– Linden Dollars• Existing in-world companies also

have Second Life presence– Cisco

• Live presentations & Product Demonstrations

– IBM• Facilitates communication among IBM

companies, internationally by holding meetings and discussions

– MTV• Held a fashion show which they later showed

on TV

– Starwood Hotels• Premieres virtual constructions of their new

hotels before they’re actually built

– Sun Microsystems• Holds press conferences in their “Sun

Pavilion”

NURSING/MEDICINENURSING/MEDICINE• NESIMOR is a 3-D simulator that uses the online virtual of Second Life to

practice diagnosing and treating patients in a simulated emergency department environment. It is currently being used to instruct nursing students at Tacoma Community College.

• Nursing Field Trip

SCIENCESCIENCE• NOAA• NASA• Genome Project• Video:

Science Learning Opportunities

Don’t let go!

SCIENCESCIENCE• History of the Earth and Life on Earth: Students in Chris Impey’s

astrobiology course at the University of Arizona contributed to his History of the Earth and Life on Earth exhibit.

PSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGYPSYCHOLOGY/SOCIOLOGY• UC Davies – Schizophrenia • Koolaid people - Creating Community/Exploring diversity• Utopian Society• Body Image• Ethnic/Gender Studies

ART & HUMANITIESART & HUMANITIES

• 3D Modeling• Galleries• Contests• The Louvre

SL Art Gallery List

REPRODUCTION OF THE SISTINE CHAPELREPRODUCTION OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL• Students can travel to historical sites right from their desks!

AERONAUTICS, SPACE AND BEYONDAERONAUTICS, SPACE AND BEYOND• International Space Museum• NASA

MATH – A PIECE OF CAKEMATH – A PIECE OF CAKE

From 6th EDEN Open Classroom Conference, Stockholm 2007

SOCIALIZATIONSOCIALIZATION• Social Gatherings• Parties• Dance Clubs

VIRTUAL CONCERTSVIRTUAL CONCERTS• SL Users have the best seats in the house to these concerts

TRAININGTRAINING• Emergency Preparedness• Companies are combining the use of Second Life and the (Nintendo)

WiiMote to train employees on things such as:– Inspecting a house for moisture and heat sources– Mixing chemicals and loading them onto a truck– Power Plant training– Driving simulations

• Using products like Google Maps and Google Earth, simulation can represent actual streets on-screen, so that not every trainee in America has to drive down the "same mythical Maple Street”.

• Training modules include those intersections and locations where there is a history of accidents.

CONFERENCESCONFERENCES• SL provides online facilities for entire conferences to take place via the

web• Conferences sometimes held on SL and simultaneously in a live facility

through Video Conferencing

EDUCATIONAL USES EDUCATIONAL USES •Training & Skills Development•Self-paced tutorials•Displays and Exhibits•Immersive Exhibits•Role-plays and Simulations•Data Visualizations and Simulations•Libraries, Art Galleries and Museums•Historical recreations and reenactments, Living and immersive archaeology

•Computer Programming•Artificial Intelligence Projects•Artificial Life Projects•Multimedia and Games Design•Art and Music Project•Literature, composition and Creative Writing•Theatre and Performance Art•Photo stories and Photo Scenarios•Machinima•Treasure Hunts and Quests

•Virtual Tourism, Cultural Immersion and Cultural Exchange

•Language Teaching and Practice and Language Immersion

•Social Science and Anthropologic Research•Awareness/Consciousness Raising & Fund-raising

•Support and Opportunities for people with disabilities

•Politics, Governance, Civics and Legal Practice

•Business, Commerce, Financial Practice and Modeling

•Real Estate PracticeProduct Design, Prototyping, User-testing and Market Research

•Interior Design•Urban Planning & Design•Architectural Design and Modeling

ARTICLESARTICLES• Educause article – Discusses the types of learning best suited for SL -

Empathic/Empathy-Based - Encounter-Based – Exploratory

• 101 Uses for SL in Education

• 13 Tips for Teaching in SL