Category Archives: Second Life

Second Life Design? Or Usability?

I’ve written a lot in the past about Second Life and design, specifically the Second Life Design Notebook posts. But the more I think about this, talk to people, and listen to my students’ experiences…I’m starting to think this has … Continue reading

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Digital expression vs. assessment

My last post has led to some great discussions with colleagues here around the university and a few online. I’m still thinking quite a bit about how we’re attempting to integrate all of these various technologies into the curriculum. The … Continue reading

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11/5 SL slides

You can find the slides from today here. Other posts in the second life category.

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Reflections on a Second Life Event

We held our first second life event last Friday, a “Build Your Own Motorcycle” event. The numbers weren’t staggering (we had 3 entries), but overall I think it was a success. We had five IST faculty members as judges along … Continue reading

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Drexel and Villanova Summary

I had a great time yesterday speaking at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business and the Villanova Center for Instructional Technologies to a wide variety of audiences. We had instructional technologists, assistant Deans, faculty members, other administrators, IT specialists, grad students, … Continue reading

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Drexel and Villanova

This post isn’t very content heavy, more a support post for a virtual worlds talk I’ll be giving at Drexel’s LeBow College of Business and Villanova later today. I’ll post a summary sometime later in the week. IST’s Second Life … Continue reading

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More with Second Life and Open Source

A colleague recently sent a blog post my way about the future of Second Life. Nothing major here, I’ve blogged before about Second Life going open source. I’m just curious how this is going to play out, and figured I’d … Continue reading

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The Grid?

I was on www.secondlife.com today, and found information on something they are calling “Second Life Grid“. For long-time SL users, the Grid is what the entire server platform has been called for some time now. At the SL loading screen … Continue reading

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Second Life Debate

The Second Life article from Wired I blogged about a few weeks ago seemed to have taken on a life of its own. Wagner James Au, the first virtual reporter to embed himself within SL, offered up this piece as … Continue reading

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Second Life and Intellectual Property

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Linden Labs has been involved in a few court cases revolving around IP within Second Life. Now, I’m unsure if this is the case that’s created the storm, but a storm is brewing. … Continue reading

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