Some Second Life links
- Second Life Community Standards
http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/05/31/keeping-second-life-safe-together/- Incomplete List of Colleges and Universities in Second Life:
http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL- Movable Live - a lower bandwidth, browser-based access to SL: http://movablelife.net/
- Incomplete List of Colleges and Universities in Second Life:
A few recent articles:
- Right-Click to Learn (August 2006)
http://thephoenix.com/printerfriendlyB.aspx?id=20561 - A Second Life for Higher Education (June 2007)
http://www.universitybusiness.com/viewarticle.aspx?articleid=797&pf=1 - July2007 Snapshot of UK Higher Ed and Further Education in Second Life
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/upload/foundation/sl/uksnapshot072007/final.pdf - Second Life: Hype or Reality? (UMUC DE Oracle July/August 2007)
http://deoracle.org/online-pedagogy/emerging-technologies/second-life.html - Second Life: ThePromise and Paradox (August 27,2007)
http://news.com.com/2102-1043_3-6204524.html?tag=st.util.print - Colleges are Buiding in Second Life, but is Anyone Visiting? (August 16, 2007 plus comments of interest)
http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/index.php?id=2307
A five minute introduction to Second Life by USF
- University of South Florida - A Five Minute Introduction - Exploring the Educational Potential of Second Life http://www.c21te.usf.edu/materials/edusl/player.html
Sampling of YouTube tours of university SL sites
- Ohio University - http://youtube.com/watch?v=aFuNFRie8wA
- Texas State University - http://youtube.com/watch?v=iRNP6IJwY90
- San Jose State University - http://youtube.com/watch?v=j-9zt3Sd7oc
- Czech and Slovak Second Life University - http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gqm5Q6zkjKI
- Murdoch University (Australia) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc
- Boise State University (EdTech Island) - http://youtube.com/watch?v=w07GtOvnIU0
- St. Paul College - http://youtube.com/watch?v=BZyZFG74ydQ
- New Media Consortium - http://youtube.com/watch?v=K8wm_1TIHGA