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
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It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it...
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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)
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Choosing the right one
Technical considerations Content availability Development potential Existence of an economy Open to other users Scripting ability
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Why Second Life
•Well developed environment
•Has its own currency
•Linden Scripting Language
•Substantial content is available
•You can create your own content
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What is going on in Second Life?
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Meetings and collaboration
Entrepreneurship
Role Play
Lectures
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Law
Medicine
Art
Libraries
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Visualisations
Exhibitions
Language and Culture
Recruitment
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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?
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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)
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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
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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
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Contact Details Pauline Randall
Managing Directorvirtual-e Ltd
Liz Ferlinghetti in Second Life
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/