Second Life Work: Education
Second Life Work offers compelling, cost-effective virtual education solutions to amplify an existing curriculum or create new models for engaged, collaborative learning.
Today's Challenging Environment
Economic pressures from budget cuts and the rising cost of education continue to mount. While students are forced to pay higher tuition fees, share resources, and even drop classes, educators are
obligated to creatively "do more with less" by designing curricula that
accommodates economic constraints. For forward-thinking learning
institutions committed to the cost-effective employment of emerging
technologies for communication, collaboration and learning, Second Life
supports and amplifies the ongoing mission to deliver world class
education.
Virtual Worlds Enable
Real Life Learning
Virtual worlds solve many of the challenges faced by educational institutions. Today, hundreds of colleges, universities, and other learning organizations--from nearly
every country--are either augmenting their current curriculum with a
virtual learning component or they are holding classes and entire
programs exclusively in immersive learning environments in Second Life.
Second Life's persistent virtual environments enable students to work together synchronously and then return, individually or as a team. The learning space is always available, not just for
geographically dispersed groups but even those who meet regularly in the
physical world. This is particularly useful when students require more
flexible schedules or need to work asynchronously on the same project.
Second Life amplifies learning beyond capabilities afforded by teleconference calls and web presentation tools--but it also creates opportunities for field trips inside virtual organs, machines and other
environments that go far beyond the walls of traditional learning
spaces. Training simulations are also incredibly powerful in Second Life
because they simulate complex, processes in the physical world and
avatars can take on different roles to enhance learning. Great examples
are how Loyalist College trains Border Patrol agents or how Imperial
College trains medical students. What makes Second Life training so
powerful? You feel like you're there. We call it a sense of "presence".
You just have to experience it to understand it. Already, many
prominent educational institutions and organizations understand it and
are creating virtual learning environments to deliver a wide range of
courses, field trips, and events including:
- Distance and Flexible Education
- Presentations and Discussions
- Historical Recreations
- Simulations and Role-Playing
- Multimedia and Games Design
- Language Learning Practice
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