Visit SecondLife: a higher ed guide to the 3-D online virtual world

This selection of interesting locations in SecondLife has been prepared as a companion guide of the article I wrote about the 3-D online virtual world for the June 2007 issue of University Business.

  • Since I wrote the article, SL and NMC have announced an upcoming initiative: a special SL account creation process for higher ed folks directing your SL avatar to a more higher ed user-friendly orientation island. This new initiative should be released sometimes in June.
    I’ll let you know as soon as it’s implemented on my section about SL news. So, if you’re interested, make sure you subscribe to the email newsletter or the blog RSS feed.
  • Looking for campuses and initiatives conducted by universities and colleges?
    Just browse SimTeach’s list and click on the SLurls (i.e. web shortcuts to teleport to SecondLife addresses)
  • Want to tour Vassar College SL campus in a red and black flying saucer?
    Once you’ve installed the application and created your SL avatar, just go to the teleportation booth ;-)
  • Want to meet and talk with higher ed folks – their avatars at least?
    Request a guest membership to the NMC Campus and attend one of their free events.

    • Karine Apogee

  • Want to meet with a familiar face in SL?
    Send me an IM in-world. My SL name is Karine Apogee, and I’ll try to schedule a meet-up with everybody sometimes this summer.

I’ll keep updating this page with new resources in the future, but this should get you started.

2 Responses

  1. David says:
    4/9/2008 at 11:24 am

    Good afternoon:

    I am a graduate student assigned with the task of finding out the “do’s and don’t” of setting up a virtual open house for one of our outreach programs. What I am really looking for are some basic steps to determine if this is something that we (as an office) have the capabilities to set up, and if such a forum would be suitable for our purposes.

    The program that we are looking to “advertise” is an Emergency Management Certificate Program. If you are aware of things other Universities have done to set up programs of this nature, I hope you can share a few thoughts.

    Thanks,

    David

  2. Karine Joly says:
    4/9/2008 at 11:41 am

    David,

    You should have a look at this article I wrote for University Business and this post.

    That should get you started.

    Karine

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