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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi Paul,<br>
<br>
You might find the resources that Jo Kay and I have developed to
introduce Second Life to teachers of value -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/">http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/</a> . There we have general Second Life
resources including how to get started, resources for teachers and some
ways that Second Life can be used for education. <br>
<br>
As our focus is fairly practical, we don't directly link to many
academic papers but the resources section links to some sites that do.<br>
<br>
I highly recommend you join the Second Life Educators mailing list -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators">https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators</a> - it
has thousands of educators, academics and instructional designers using
Second Life on it, many of whom have been assessing the educational
value of Second Life and could point to the sorts of analyses you are
after.<br>
<br>
Sean<br>
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Paul B. Hartzog wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Greetings all,
I am working on a syllabus for a foundation course at the School of
Information here at the University of Michigan, and we are hoping to
introduce the students to some kinds of thinking about the social web
using Second Life as a case study.
I am looking for recommendations of scholarly/pedagogical papers about
the following:
1. using SL to educate (holding classes in SL, etc.).
2. papers discussing groups that evaluated whether or not to create a
presence in SL (I am interested in documentation of the evaluation
process, not the outcome of the evaluation).
3. information about where to go if a student wants to know more about SL
4. SL "walk-throughs", i.e. what it is, what you can do, etc. (tutorials)
much thx in advance,
-Paul
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:PaulBHartzog@PaulBHartzog.org">PaulBHartzog@PaulBHartzog.org</a>
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The Universe is made up of stories, not atoms.
--Muriel Rukeyser
See differently, then you will act differently.
--Paul B. Hartzog
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Sean FitzGerald
Tel: +61 (0)2 9360 3291
Mob: +61 (0)404 130 342
Skype: seamusy
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:seanf@tig.com.au">seanf@tig.com.au</a>
Second Life: Sean McDunnough
Website: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://seanfitz.wikispaces.com/">http://seanfitz.wikispaces.com/</a>
Blog: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://seanfitzgerald.wordpress.com/">http://seanfitzgerald.wordpress.com/</a>
SL in Education: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/">http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/</a>
LinkedIn: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/seanfitzgerald">http://www.linkedin.com/in/seanfitzgerald</a>
Man is a credulous animal and must believe something.
In the absence of good grounds for belief, he will
be satisfied with bad ones.
-- Bertrand Russell</pre>
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