Week+5

=Week 5: May 31 - June 6=

Higher Education in Second Life
This week we'll try to discover why Second Life has taken the early lead in the higher education virtual worlds market and how institutions from small community colleges to large research institutions are using the platform. In addition to exploring institutional use of Second Life, we'll also discuss how educators use Second Life as a professional networking tool through various in-world groups, associations, and live events.

__**Second Life Locations**__
 * [|University of Manitoba Campus in SL]
 * NMC Campus
 * SciLands
 * Info Island

__**Assignments**__

Second Life Skills Join the SLED listserv
 * Using the skills you acquired in the [|Ivory Tower of Primitives], build a chair in the grassy area on the University of Manitoba campus. The chair must have 4 legs, a seat, and a back.
 * Sign up for the Second Life EDucators (SLED) listserv at [] The SLED list is //very// high traffic, so you aren't expected to read every message, but the list archives are an invaluable resource (the archives are [|searchable]) and it may be helpful to skim incoming messages to see what other educators are discussing. Due to the high traffic volume on the list, I'd suggest you set up a filter for listserv messages if you subscribe with your regular email address, or create a free email account on gmail or yahoo to subscribe.

__**Readings**__ 
 * Ondrejka, Cory, (2008) [|Education Unleashed: Participatory Culture, Education, and Innovation in Second Life], THE ECOLOGY OF GAMES: CONNECTING YOUTH, GAMES, AND LEARNING, Katie Salen, ed., MIT Press, 2008

__**Projects/Papers**__


 * Project 1**: Using the [|Projects & Events evaluation matrix], **attend two [|live events in Second Life]** and evaluate the experience using the matrix. Write a 2-3 page single-spaced paper describing your experience, and justifying your evaluation scores. Paper and evaluation forms are due **June 9, 2009** at midnight EST to fleep.tuque@gmail.com. Final documents should be in either .doc and .xls format OR in Google Doc "Document" and "Spreadsheet" format. Username to invite is fleep513@gmail.com for Google Docs only.