What is it…
Accounts Created…
Join/Basic Accounts Free
Game?
What an avatar is s a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being-
Who – Human/Androgonous/ Vehicles/Robots/Animals
Extension of self
All communication
Walking/Running
Flying
Teleporting
Blended
Identity – identify with self and experiences
Dialect – converse between others
Power Blur
Creative/Fun
Immersive/Excursive
https://secondlife.com/destinations/learning
Arts
Science
Sociology
Psychology
Languages – meet and practice/Mi Casa Su Casa
Business…and MORE
Santa Barbara City College - Design
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/SBCC/148/172/2953
SL Nuclear Cardiology School of Medicine
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Munck/167/148/47
The Happy Hat
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mangyeong/77/141/127
Instructor Office University of Cincinnati
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/University%20of%20Cincinnati/44/226/26
Instituto Espanol
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Instituto%20Espanol/123/183/31
Devry University Psychology
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Games%20at%20DerbyUni/56/160/21
Genesis City - Library
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Footpad/137/111/46
too much hype
no clear best-practice around e-learning
high technical requirements
no voice integration
but… useful experimental environment
building and scripting environment very powerful
seems likely that 3-D virtual worlds of some kind will be part of the future