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Please join us in a workshop on learning and research in Second Life(R) onOctober 17, 2007 in Vancouver at Internet Research 8.0(http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=About_IR8.0)Paper Deadline August 15th.Second Life(R) is a 3d virtual environment created by Linden Lab which hascaptured the attentions of researchers and teachers from around the world froma variety of disciplines.This workshop aims to improve the understanding of Second Life as a Learningand Research environment. It will bring 35 researchers together to collaborate,discuss and workshop diverse topics related to research and learning in SecondLife. We will pursue a full-day schedule in which participants will discusstheir work and interests on four different topics: learning in Second Life,integrated learning, the contributions of research to the community and ethicalresearch methods. How can we better enable learning in this sphere? How can webetter enable research?As a highlight, Robin Linden will give a talk to the group, and members ofLinden Lab will likely participate throughout the day.We encourage researchers to submit papers and short biography toslworkshop@tmttlt.com which will be selected and distributed amongstparticipants before the workshop. First invitations will be offered to thosewho provide full papers for consideration.These papers have two purposes: first is to provide a common platform forunderstanding our research and teaching and second submitted papers may beconsidered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation tothe workshop, or possibly in peer reviewed publication derived from theworkshop (these are currently under discussion).Subsequent invitation will be made based upon research/teaching statement andbiography. If you are interested in participating, please send an emailcontaining your information to slworkshop@tmttlt.com.Decisions will be made by September 1st, barring incident. … Sigue leyendo →

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”See also:” [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Massively-Multiplayer_Online_Role-Playing_Games_%28MMORPGs%29 MMORPG]. ”See also:” [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Massively-Multiplayer_Online_Role-Playing_Games_%28MMORPGs%29 MMORPG].

-””’Second Life (SL)””’ is a three-dimensional, virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is visited by millions of people from around the globe. [http://secondlife.com/whatis/ Second Life] is a reference librarian’s online game of choice. For health librarians, try the [http://infoisland.org/health_info/ HealthInfo Island]. +””’Second Life (SL)””’ is a three-dimensional, online virtual world built and owned by its residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, SL has grown explosively and today is visited by millions of people from around the globe. SL is the reference librarian’s online game of choice; for health librarians, try [http://infoisland.org/health_info/ HealthInfo Island].
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-It is very likely that SL will integrate a number of [http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Web_2.0 Web 2.0] technologies into its daily activities. Other notable aspects include:+

 +”’Notable characteristics”’:
* Linden dollars, SL’s own currency system, pegged to real world currencies; * Linden dollars, SL’s own currency system, pegged to real world currencies;
* Libraries are being built by groups; * Libraries are being built by groups;
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* BBC holds concerts within SL. * BBC holds concerts within SL.

-Since opening to the public in 2003, SL has grown explosively and today is inhabited by more than five million people from around the globe. … Sigue leyendo →

Five Weeks to a Social Library is online course devoted to teaching librarians about social software and how to use it in their libraries. The course covers the following topics: Blogs RSS Wikis Social Networking Software and SecondLife Flickr Social… (Source: Law Librarian Blog) Sigue leyendo →

Today I finally ‘met’ Hugho Writer, in Second Life (previously we had emailed and IM’d). This time, I flew to EduNation island where he showed me some of the educational tools (presentation boards, screen/remote/ audio stream-in an immersive environment!!) he is using and going to bring to the teen grid. We listened to a Keats poem via audio stream and video. Hugho is an English teacher for a grammar school in Scotland and is excited about partnering with the library island on Teen Second Life. What really blew me away was not so much the educational and presentational tools but this. He proposed this project (using Second Life as an educational tool) to the Scottish Minister of Education in a presentation. The Scottish government is involved as a funding source to make this happen. “The potential is endless,” says Hugho. Wow. I’m so inspired! His blog is here: http://dgs-secondlife.blogspot.com/

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Second Life can be an indication of how the next internet revolution is going to be. Taking this into consideration, the companies that get involved in virtual worlds will have a competitive advantage in the world of virtual business. They … Sigue leyendo →

The C-Class Mobile in Second Life The new Avantgarde model with the AMG package is also available in the Mercedes-Benz’ virtual representation at Second Life with coordinates 128.128.11. All the residents of this virtual community may purchase a virtual model … Sigue leyendo →