Education Happening Right Now In Second Life

People always want to know what organizations are currently involved in education in Second Life.

Here’s a list (compliments of www.simteach.com) that shows the top twenty learning experiences in that virtual world.

Warning: All of these links lead to an actual location in Second Life. You won’t be able to see them in your normal web browser. But a quick trip to the Second Life home page will give you a free account, and some software for your machine.

Virtual Campuses

• Campus:Second Life (Pathfinder Linden’s hosted space for educators) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/150/100
• Global Kids Island – (The Main Grid location that reports on activities at the Global Kids location in the Teen Grid.) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cincta/89/95/23/
• Harvard Law School’s Austin Hall – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/69/54/24/
• New Media Consortium Campus (private sim, Electric Sheep build, free sign up for access; overview movie) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/142/223
• Ohio University Second Life Campus – http://slurl.com/secondlife/ohio%20university/20/36/24/
• Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glidden/88/166/30/

Humanities

• Democracy Island (NYLS) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Democracy%20Island/116/220/
• Info Island (Incorporating SL & ICT Libraries, TechSoup) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/
• The Port (Swedish Art Wiki) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Port/72/64

Science and Health

• UC Davis’ Virtual Hallucinations (James Linden) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/sedig/27/45/22/
• Heart Murmur Sim (medical assessment experiment, built 3/06) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/waterhead/130/37
• The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Second Life – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Juwangsan/218/223
• Second Life Medical Library 2.0/Consumer Health Library/HealthInfo Island – SLurl 1, SLurl 2, SLurl 3
• Spaceport Alpha (incorporating International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium by Chaac Amarula) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/23/51/22/
• Solar Eclipse Planetarium (Aimee Webber) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/94/76/27/
• Svarga (Laukosargas Svarog’s virtual eco-system) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/128.0/128.0
• NOAA’s Virtual Island – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteroa/177/161/27/
• VINEC – Virtual Neurological Education Centre – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Lost%20Islands%20NW/48/83/22 (info)

Places to Learn about Education in SL

• Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Library on Info Island
  http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/50/199/33/?title=Info%20Island

Places to Learn Second Life Skills

• Academy of Second Learning – http://slurl.com/secondlife/eson/32/162//
• Ivory Tower of Prims (teaches in-world skills) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/204/70/25/
• Orientation Island (Public version of everyone’s first time) – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orientation%20Island%20Public/97/155
• Interactive Linden Script Tutorial – http://slurl.com/secondlife/Daydream%20SE%20Islands/206/40

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