The Virtual Classroom Project

Cross-posted to jokaydia.com

I’ve been thinking about classroom design for a very long time but have never really been able to experiment with it until I found out about Second Life and the virtual building opportunities that it affords. When I first started working on my teachandlearn retreat on the island of jokaydia in Second Life, I realized that, for the first time in my career as an educator, I had an opportunity to create my ideal learning environment. I had the freedom to create any place I wanted. Strangely enough, what I created does not have desks or tables, it doesn’t even have chairs. Instead, it has a hot-air balloon (great for small group conversations), a couple of Japanese tea houses, and a lot of cushions. Oh, and the view, you have to see the view!

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How professors and other experts can give juice to webpages they respect

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Second Life statistics are hard to come by

I am trying to find out how many courses are being taught predominantly in Second Life. For this paper, I am defining course as a class that lasts for at least one collegiate semester, is taught by at least a Master’s level instructor, and counts for some sort of degree-seeking college credit. This naturally rules out anything dealing with the SL scripting language, and the like.

Boy is this ever hard to come across!

Any ideas?

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