Second Life

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Definition

“Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 2,938,247 people from around the globe.” ([1], 17:22, 26 January 2007 (MET)).

See also: Active Worlds

In education

• See also the 3D interactive environment article.

• In "Second Life", there are educational events and even some learning activities (to be documented).

• Sloodle is an attempt to integrate this with an LMS.

Links

Official websites

• Second Life Home Page

• Linden Lab (Makers of Second Life)

Manuals

• LSL Portal community wiki to provide accurate documentation for the scripting language of Second Life (LSL)

• There is also a manual that you can find from the second life client. (lsl_guide.html)

Other

• Second Life Education Wiki

• Wikipedia Second Life entry

• Beth's Second Life, blog entry.

• Second Life Travels: EduNation, blog entry

• SimTeach Second Life Wiki

• Second Life in Education wiki

References

• Gregory M. Lamb, Real learning in a virtual world, Christian Science Monitor, October 05, 2006 edition. HTML

• Davis, Vicki A. (2007). The frontier of education: Web 3D, Blog Entry. HTML, retrieved 20:03, 25 April 2007 (MEST). (This is the best blog article on SL Daniel K. Schneider has seen so far).

• Antonacci, David M. and Nellie Modaress (2005). The Educational Possibilities of a Massively Multiplayer Virtual World (MMVW). EDUCAUSE HTML