This weekend I attended an English as a Second Language (ESL) class. It was a surreal experience for two reasons. 1) I already speak English (unfortunately, the only language I do speak except for a little French which I continually butcher, oui) 2) the class was in Second Life (SL). The instructor, Kip, separated the attendees into two groups and ... good rapport between the students and the instructor. Many of whom used that medium as their only method of learning ... the class to a restaurant and have the students order a meal or go to a train station and have them buy a ticket or ...

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One effective method of using 3D worlds like Second Life , Active Worlds , ProtoSphere and others for education is to build environments and 3D models for the students to learn about places they could not otherwise visit or inhabit. Build a dangerous or deadly environment and let them freely explore to learn in a realistic manner just how dangerous the particular environment can be. Build naturally inhospitable locations like the Antarctica or Death Valley or many ... Environments for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security Training that explains more on the topic. __ ...

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I recently (Jan. 06, 3 week interim) used Second Life as a platform for teaching field research methods/ethnography to Multimedia undergraduates at BradleyUniversity in Peoria, IL. You can learn about the project as an example of alternative methods for course delivery, etc. : you can read my wrap up about the class (or any of ... Second Life to Multimedia undergraduates at Bradley University, Peoria, IL. Good example of new delivery platforms and ... potential collaborators. (research) HASTAC has a second audience of academics and academics-in-training who do not have ...

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Corporate Education Skype: mahaleys SL: Ace Carson http://www.dukece.com Second Life Office: http://slurl.com ... of virtual worlds to corporate education? Join me in a discussion of what Duke Corporate Education is doing with Second Life, and how this environment is providing us and our learners with new challenges and opportunities for visceral ... technology-enabled learning events and programs, and research and development work with new tools and methods. Current ... technophile. Steve enjoys the continuing adventure that parenting and family life provides, and occasionally finds time ...

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