You might want to start with http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/
I'm doing some memory research in Second Life, now. Lots of universities are doing lots of things. There are many things that you might direct an online class to, like the virtual hallucination site, by UC Davis. There is a Freudbot, but I forget where. He really just spouts canned Freud info if you ask him the right keywords. I have been setting up a bunch of illusions. I just built a pretty functional Ames Room illusion. There is another place with different illusions that inspired me to put som up. I have a Tower of Hanoi game (illustrates subgoal problem solving) and a memory matching game (just entertainment). It would be a great place to hold online office hours and since it is an online class, a place where giving the occassional lecture would make sense. You can do voice or text chat. There is a little bit of a learning curve (learn to search for stuff, learn to teleport, IM vs. chat...) and you need more than the most minimal RAM and video card arrangement. Graphics on the motherboard will not be a good experience. You might find this Second Life Biology blog interesting http://www.slbiology.blogspot.com/ or The main educational organization in Second Life http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/Member_Networking/ISTE_Second_Life.htm It's free to get an avatar and look around. If you want to see the ULM island let me know. It's still under construction. RS On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Michael Britt < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting you should ask....I just finished an interview with Paul > Eastwick who is a grad student at Northwestern University. He Dr. Wendy > Gardner just published a very interesting article in the journal Social > Influence called, "Is it a game? Evidence for social influence in the > virtual world". While they conducted their research in There.com, the idea > behind the research was simple and yet quite interesting. They basically > replicated the foot-in-the-door and door-in-the-face techniques in this > virtual world. A much more interesting and unique use of a virtual world > than just holding classes in one. > My website has the audio interview and links to sources. > > Michael > > Michael Britt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.thepsychfiles.com > > > > > > On Oct 7, 2008, at 10:11 AM, beth benoit wrote: > > > Does anyone use, or have any experience with a program called Second Life? > It's a virtual environment with some academic uses. The IT person just > emailed me to ask if I might want to use it for my online classes. It's > been mentioned in passing on TIPS a couple of times, but no one has given > any details about whether it's been useful. I'm not even knowledgeable > enough about it yet to understand quite how it works, but I'm looking into > it. > > Here's the address: > > secondlife.com > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > New Hampshire > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > -- Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe [EMAIL PROTECTED] SL - Evert Snook --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
