Busy Second Life
From NMC-Campus
eLearning Guild 2008 Annual Gathering
Second Life, and virtual worlds in general, are high on the hype curve this year. While it’s easy to point fingers at the well-known failed corporate attempts to use these environments, the sheer number of people actively involved, the time they spend in virtual worlds, and the intense nature of the experience suggest it has a place for e-Learning. Second Life is an easy target for shoot-from-the-hip media articles, and it’s proponents often come off as religious zealots. This speaker is an open-minded skeptic, and unsure if virtual worlds will ever even approach the ubiquity of the Web. At the same time, his experiences are that this is a compelling environment for role play, simulation, creative expression, extending a professional network, and developing new ideas.
Session participants will share the experiences and lessons learned from the New Media Consortium's activities in Second Life, starting in January 2006 before the media caught on to this technology. NMC has run a series of live events, including two full-fledged conferences (with paid attendance); has created a business and development arm, and is currently the largest Second Life education landowner (50+ sims).
[edit] Presentation Links
Einstein image generator http://www.hetemeel.com/
Top 10 MMOs http://gigaom.com/2007/06/13/top-ten-most-popular-mmos/
MMOPRG.com Game List http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/gameId/0
Federation of American Scientists Virtual Worlds Project http://vworld.fas.org/
Gartern Says 80 Percent of Active Internet Users Will Have a "second Life" in the Virtual World by 2011
http://metaversed.com/25-apr-2007/gartner-2011-80-internet-users-will-have-second-life
More US WoW PLayers than Farmers http://www.boingboing.net/2007/10/21/more-us-warcraft-pla.html
Are Second Life Users on Drugs? http://valleywag.com/373678/are-second-life-users-on-drugs
Get a First Life http://www.getafirstlife.com/
April 1, 2008 House Committee on Enery and Commerce Session on Virtual Worlds http://tinyurl.com/2j95hb
Washington Post "Goofy Characters and Weird People -- Sounds Like a Hearing" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/01/AR2008040102372.html
NMC New Media Consortium http://www.nmc.org/
NMC Horizon Report http://www.nmc.org/horizon
NMC Campus: Seriously Engaging http://sl.nmc.org/2006/06/12/seriously-engaging-movie/
My Second Life Aha Moment http://sl.nmc.org/2006/07/04/third-time-charm/
NMC Campus Observer http://sl.nmc.org/
NMC Virtual Worlds http://virtualworlds.nmc.org/
Create Account with NMC http://sl.nmc.org/join/
[edit] Tour Stops
NMC Orientation Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Orientation/69/107/32/
Shopping- Rustica http://slurl.com/secondlife/Grouse/167/106/129
Innsmuth Island Airship Tower http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vernian%20Sea/193/55/101
David Rumsey Maps http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rumsey%20Maps%203/116/72/55 http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps2600.html
CritiqueIt Demo http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Arts/131/65/30
PARSEC http://slurl.com/secondlife/InterSection/201/50/432
NESIM http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cousins%20Pau/25/22/514
Rags to Riches slum http://slurl.com/secondlife/Calleta/227/157/33
Testis http://slurl.com/secondlife/OSU%20Medicine/130/113/45
Crooked House http://slurl.com/secondlife/xyz/126/57/501/
David Sibbet Third Life- Grove Consultants http://slurl.com/secondlife/Third%20Life%20Lab/237/18/22
IBM Virtual Business Center http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%20Business%20Center/27/229/29
NOAA http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/177/161/27
Virtual Mexico http://slurl.com/secondlife/Visit%20Mexico%202/205/119
Virtual Morocco http://slurl.com/secondlife/Casablanca/128/128/0
Dell Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dell%20Island%203/251/162/24
Daden http://slurl.com/secondlife/Daden%20Prime/209/178/26
Mystic Hill Dance Club http://slurl.com/secondlife/Blacktail%20Ridge/213/141/160
