efmd jan 2009 session b1 pauline randall virtual-e ltd
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Pauline Randallvirtual-e Ltd, UK
Slides available on www.slideshare.net/virtuale
It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it...
What is a virtual world?
A synchronous,
persistent network of people,
represented by avatars,
facilitated by computers.
Bell, MW. “Toward a Definition of “Virtual Worlds” in The Journal Of Virtual Worlds Research (June 2008)
Choosing the right one
Technical considerations Content availability Development potential Existence of an economy Open to other users Scripting ability
Why Second Life
•Well developed environment
•Has its own currency
•Linden Scripting Language
•Substantial content is available
•You can create your own content
What is going on in Second Life?
Meetings and collaboration
Entrepreneurship
Role Play
Lectures
Law
Medicine
Art
Libraries
Visualisations
Exhibitions
Language and Culture
Recruitment
Reality check
•Find out more – go exploring
•Consider your objectives– what do you want to achieve?
•Is a virtual world the best place or are there better tools for what you want to do?
Other Considerations
•Skillsets• In house?• External developer• Induction and training
for staff as well as students
•Infrastucture• Hardware
(particularly graphics cards)
• Access via network (firewalls)
Web resources Business Communicators of Second Life - http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/ Companies in Second Life - http://slbusinesscommunicators.pbwiki.com/Companies+in+Second+Life Educause Review - http://connect.educause.edu/er?time=1222711572 Institutions & Organisations in SL -
http://simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Institutions_and_Organizations_in_SL JISC gaming report -
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearninginnovation/gamingreport_v3.pdf Second Life – www.secondlife.com Second Life Security -
https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417&task=knowledge&questionID=5566 Second Life Stats - http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php SLED (Second Life Educators) List - https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators SLED Blog - http://www.sl-educationblog.org/ Times – McKinsey Interview - http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3803056.ece Virtual World Watch – Snapshots http://virtualworldwatch.net/snapshots/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world
Other options Virtual Worlds Review - http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml
Second Life Locations Abyss Museum of Ocean Science - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Gun/55/42/82 Autodesk Island – Engineering Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Autodesk/220/117/22 Bowling Green State University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/BGSU%20Creation/255/255/33 Camp Darfur - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/175/247/21 Chinese School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chinese%20School/130/196/22 Dresden Art Gallery - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dresden%20Gallery/168/128/26 Edinburgh University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edinburgh%20University/128/128/28 Eduserv Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduserv%20Island/104/40/29 Genome Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/135/92/29 Honawan – Planetarium - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Honawan/96/122/421 Illinois State – Geography-Geology - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Geo%20Island/89/73/504 Ivory Tower Library of Primitives - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/213/164/28 Leeds College of Art & Design - http://slurl.com/secondlife/The%20Collective/44/69/34 Monash University - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Monash%20University/109/147/28 Via Montenapoleone http://slurl.com/secondlife/Montenapoleone/144/178/32 Port Spinoza - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Port%20Spinoza/120/129/23 Second Health - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Health%20London/126/154/27 Streets of Baghdad - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Better%20World/182/192/23 USC Marshall Business School - http://slurl.com/secondlife/USC%20Marshall/128/128/2 Western Australia Police - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hwanung/161/146/256
Contact Details Pauline Randall
Managing Directorvirtual-e Ltd
Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life
Pauline.randall@virtual-e.co.uk
www.virtual-e.co.uk
Twitter: @virtualewit
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinerandall
Slideshare: http://slideshare.net/virtuale
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferlinghetti/
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