Review of organizations using Second Life and why it's important to find points of inter-connectivity

1. Education and the Second Life Ecosystem

2. Who is this guy?

3. Love me some data!

4. Seen this screen before?

5. What I knew – where it all began First educational discounted island, Brigadoon Island, purchased in 2004 by John Prototype Brigadoon Island, a collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Brain Talk Communities, focused on helping people with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism

6. What I learned – how far it’s come: an inspiring community Over 750 educational institutions, including over 600 colleges and universities Represent over 40 countries, with nearly 50% of institutions outside of United States Number of education-focused regions grew by 16% during 2009 Educational regions have 50% more sessions per resident than the Second Life average Large Global Growing Committed COMMUNITY

7. Top educational organizations from around the globe North America Europe Asia Oceania Waseda University Utrecht University McMaster University Hong Kong Polytechnic University University of Auckland Victoria University Wellington University of Sydney University of Queensland

8. And non-educational organizations as well! Events & Meetings Train i ng & Simulations

9. Lots of different sectors

10. Lots of different countries NOTE: Numbers won’t match previous slide because these figures include Solution Providers

11. Education geographic split similar to that of organizations overall

12. But colleges and universities are definitely the big dog in town

13. E-learning covers more than education IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IMPLICATIONS FOR E-LEARNING =

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16. Collaboration becoming easier Whiteboard Share Desktop Present

17. Now I am ready to meet!

18. Need to collaborate with non-educational organizations

19. Learning from, and giving to, other communities http://edudirectory.secondlife.com/ Make inter-community sharing more systematic… … first let’s start with understanding what educators are doing

20. The answer…

21. But…

22. And there are good models out there

23. Onward and upward… QUESTIONS???