Second Life

Draft

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)).

In education

• There are educational events and even little learning activities (to be documented ....)

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

Links

• Second Life Home Page

• Linden Lab (Makers of Second Life)

• Wikipedia Second Life entry]