Second Life Education Research

It seems the world is abuzz with news of education in SecondLife. Here are just a few stories from the last week.
The Chronicle of Higher Education : Here and Here
The San Antonio Current
And The Boston Phoenix (from two weeks ago)

Finally, the world seems to be taking SecondLife seriously and seeing past the strip clubs, Barbie-Doll […]

My SL class met for the first time on Tuesday night. They are, every single last one of them, fantastic! Spunky, smart, techy people! I can’t wait to spend more time with them. I’m incredibly lucky to have such a great class.
Tonight we’ll meet in a computer lab on campus and have a bit of […]

It’s official. Someone wrote an entry about me on Wikipedia and the editors allowed it to stay!
I’m so psyched!

My class starts tomorrow. I actually think I’m more excited about this class than I was for the very first class I ever taught back in 1997 (geesh I’m old).
There are quite a few unique concepts in this course:
1. Hybrid: The class will meet once a week in a face to face classroom here on campus. […]

NOTE: This blog post contains a spoiler for the plot of the new movie Pulse. Although, really folks, if you don’t see it you’re not missing anything.

I just spent eight dollars to see Pulse. Why?! It’s getting horrible reviews, has a vapid plotline, minimal acting and is completely shot with a dingy blue lense that […]

The SecondLife Community Conference takes place in San Francisco this weekend. On Sunday there will be a day-long education-in-SL event. I’ll be presenting a paper at 2:30 SL/Pacific Time. Please stop by the SLCC sims in SL to check it out!

Click the image above to get a copy of the paper I’ll be presenting. I […]

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Infinite Mind interview of Howard Rheingold in SecondLife tonight. No matter how much time I spend in SecondLife I’m still amazed at the fantastic things that happen there. Thirty to forty people attended the event, which began about a half hour late.

A few observations:
-It was […]

Katie Cohen of the Boston Phoenix interviewed me yesterday for a piece about education in SL. I’ll post a link when the story gets published. I think she interviewed a few other people as well. Should be fun to read.