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Teaching Museum Studies in Second Life

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James Barrett
James Barrett

Between 2008-2010 a group of educators in HUMlab led a course in museum studies using the online virtual world of Second Life. In Second Life the students built exhibitions, integrated media and ran simulations. The work was hard but the rewards were great.

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