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- 1. We're in Second Life! From Brainstorming to Begging to Building Katrina Adams, Darren Crone Instructional Designers The University of Texas at Dallas
- 2. Virtual Worlds • The Horizon Report, 2007 Edition – Virtual Worlds • Time to Adoption: Two to Three Years • “ Campuses and businesses have established locations in these worlds, much as they were creating websites a dozen years ago. In the same way that the number and sophistication of websites grew very quickly as more people began to browse, virtual locations will become more common and more mature as the trend continues.”
- 3. Second Life … is a virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening in 2003, SL has grown explosively and today* is inhabited by 6,240,591 residents. Video Website *Population as of 5/16/2007
- 4. What got us interested? Educational Opportunities Simulations/immersive environments Recreate buildings to feel like you’re there (sense of community) Meeting areas for guest speakers, teams, classes
- 9. Glacier Simulation Click image to view video
- 12. The Proposal Process Proposed to our manager, received go ahead to present to SOM deans/administrators Borrowed land and built proof-of-concept (include pictures of…) Classroom Conference room Auditorium Info booth Communication/collaboration tools
- 18. The Proposal Process Created buzz through “guerilla tactics” Gave live demo/walk-through to approval committee Received approval for funding; purchased island
- 19. The Proposal Process Formed steering committee to design and govern island
- 20. The Proposal Process Developed map of island areas/functions Developed land and designed areas Gathering/adding content (on-going)
- 21. The Beach: Advising, Recruiting and Student Organizations Hill Country: Career Services Trinity River: Alumni Piney Woods: Academic Programs Cityscape: Executive Education West Texas: Centers and Institutes
- 22. The Proposal Process Publicizing Flyers Expos Demos
- 23. Click image to view “UTD SOM Island” video Click image to view video
- 24. Faculty Moves In Submit proposal Complete form (with IRB approval) Steering committee deliberates Group proceeds with research project
- 25. Construction Crew ERIN JENNINGS!!! Katrina and Darren ATEC (Arts and Technology) students TA …hopefully
- 26. Where did we start? Erin had background in 3D modeling Online video tutorials Utilized scripting wikis Attended in-world classes Made friends …lots of friends in SL Roughly 700 man-hours later we had an island
- 27. Resources SLED (SL EDucators mailing list) Second Life the official guide SL Knowledge Base SimTeach.com
- 28. Resources Info Island EduNation NMC Campus Groups within SL Real Life Educators in SL Academy of Second Learning
- 29. Obstacles System requirements Hardware Network Connection Stability Maintenance/Updates “Black Wednesdays” Learning Curve Pricing
- 30. Pricing Basic Account is free Access to events, shopping, building (temporarily in sand boxes), scripting & more Premium Account Costs $9.95/mo Allows you to own land in SL Private Island Ownership Education Discount Small island = $980 for 65,536 sq. meters (about 16 acres) Monthly land fee for maintenance = $150/mo Renting space
- 31. Obstacles “ Griefing” Vandalism Inappropriate materials Keeping students on-task
- 32. Questions?
- 33. UTD SOM Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/UTD%20SOM/141/70/22/ Capitol Hill http://slurl.com/secondlife/Capitol%20Hill%201/128/127/23/ Casablanca (Virtual Morocco) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Casablanca/134/87/26/ EduNation http://slurl.com/secondlife/EduNation/69/48/22/ Glacier Simulation http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteora/93/237/23/ Harvard’s Berkman Law School http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/105/74/35 Heart Murmur Sim http://slurl.com/secondlife/Waterhead/130/37/ Info Island http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/ International Space Museum http://slurl.com/secondlife/SpacePort%20Alpha/23/51/22/ NMC Campus http://slurl.com/secondlife/nmc%20campus/142/223/ Virtual Hallucinations http://slurl.com/secondlife/Sedig/27/45/22/ Bibliography
- 34. Bibliography Horizon Report http://www.nmc.org/horizon/2007/report LSL Scripting Form http://forums.secondlife.com/forumdisplay.php?f=15 Second Life http:// www.secondlife.com Second Life: Education http://secondlife.com/education/ Second Life: Get One (video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxj8RTW4ev4&mode=related&search = Second Life: Knowledge Base http://secondlife.com/knowledgebase SimTeach http://www.simteach.com SimTeach: Institutions and Organizations in SL http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL SLED (SL EDucators) https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators Torley Linden’s YouTube instructional videos http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Torley UTD SOM Second Life http://som.utdallas.edu/globalmba/secondlife/SOM_SL.html
- 35. Thank You! Darren Crone (aka Darren Student) [email_address] Katrina Adams (aka Katrina Sol) [email_address] Erin Jennings (aka Serinity Gaea) [email_address]