I feel I must explain why I’m posting this here. Darren, Matt, and I are *huge* Heroes fans. We have many in-depth, serious conversations as to whether or not Peter Petrelli will blow up, whether Hiro can kill Sylar, or if saving the cheerleader really saves the world. So, when I came across this Web [...]
Right after debating the role of age verification in Second Life, the announcement comes today that eight states think MySpace is not doing enough to block online predators or co-operate with authorities investigating crimes. This, of course, comes not too long after MySpace was given good reviews from a child safety advocate for their work [...]
Just found a pretty amazing video of Sun’s (relatively) new virtual workspace called MPK 20. Inspired by Second Life, Sun developed this environment for businesses to use; however, a lot of the new functionality they’ve added could easily be applied in an educational setting: Voice Chat – still coming in SL, but current in this [...]
The first ever annual international Second Life Best Practices in Education conference is happening in-world on May 25. UTD (the university Darren and I work for) will be attending as exhibitors. Unfortunately (or fortunately) we won’t be able to attend since we’ll be at a (1st life) conference, but our wonderful co-worker and virtual architect [...]
Just found a very interesting conference presentation on “Emerging Virtual Worlds and Education“. It’s an interesting look at the birth, growth, and future of virtual worlds of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Tweet This Post
The Lindens recently announced a new age verification system they’re testing to address the problem of underage users creating accounts to access Second Life. I think this brings up an issue that has long since been overlooked. Teens should be allowed to access the “real” Second Life. And here’s my reasoning. As we all know, [...]
As I attempt to catch up on the ~3000 SLED messages in my mailbox, I came across a link that lists many virtual worlds out there. Found some interesting new ones I’d like to look more into. I know that Second Life and (to a much lesser extent) There have been used in educational settings, [...]
01 May, 2007
Learning Management Systems Go 3-DPosted by: Matt Crosslin In: Learning Management Systems|Second Life
Even though they go by many different labels, I like to call online learning programs “learning management systems.” Some people have a huge problem with that, some agree, and some don’t care. I tend to be in the don’t care group. I’m more interested in what they do, and not what they are labeled. Currently, [...]
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