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We may see some institutional buy-in for professional networking before passing the second life environment onto the students. The social networking opportunities, collaboration and building tools make SL a viable work environment for educational developers. (101 Uses for SL in a College Classroom) Getting students in there will be more difficult. Reflecting on my own [...]

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Teaching Strategies:
I’m not sure these are any different, per se. We may be teaching more advanced concepts with more advanced students, but we could have a broad range of ability in either grid.
Teaching tools:
Again, I don’t think age appropriate for comprehension isn’t specific to the grid. A 16 year old taking AP [...]

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Two of the articles below make a case for androgyny as an ideal for education and training. The ability to be androgynous in an online environment removes any bias from the instructor and frees the student from any self-limitation based on their own gender expectations. SL gives learners an opportunity to change their gender or [...]

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I have some experience in museum education and found the paper “creating Museum Content and Community in Second Life” (http://www.archimuse.com/mw2007/papers/rothfarb/rothfarb.html) a practical document with a number of suggestions that explain how museums can use SL for exhibits. With regard to simulations, they highlighted SL’s ability to create 3-D interactive content. I believe that this approach [...]

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This has been an interesting week and I’m seeing some good examples of simulations in SL and am convinced some educators are leveraging SL’s ability to make simulations and are going beyond creating 3D virtual classrooms. I dreamed about Svarga.
I’ve compiled my characteristics and supporting references for the classification I’ve been thinking about [...]

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