Ohio University Second Life Campus

wow :O

Basic sl membership is free and  sufficient
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That is awesome! I love Second Life!

I like Second Life. I could be a virtual slut without getting any actual STDs.:)lol.

ooer. so if they use this as a tool do they pay their students' subscriptions or...? i mean, all we have is Carmen, so...

what? you can earn money at it if you're really good!

yes content of second life is owned and created by its member so for a designer might have been paid to build that campus. and that campus might make money buy renting out its exhibition space.

The full benefit of SL is what can be made their to augment teaching, those of us who have been frustrated by crowds, people, politics can find the way that helps us to learn best about the world at large. With voice and visual it gives people advantages to learning that just going to a classroom some place loses. It doesnt matter what anyone wants to teach it can be actually built in second life. What is lost is physical contact, but what is gained is a safe way to meet people not just learning

Second Life is a refuge for those of us who live with physical challenges of all sorts from those who either have to us signs to talk to those who use typed words or written to communicate. With voice now part of Second Life it opens a world of communication to all of us that have difficulties operating in a normal world but it also gives me oportunity to meet people from everywhere i might not meet otherwise.

The best way to learn is not simply by simulating a classroom, but say, you want to teach about ancient Rome or Greece, you create architecture and furniture from those eras, and even dress that way. You remember more when you combine visual, auditory AND text. Many people don't learn as well from just reading or lectures. I've attended a real campus long enough to be a Senior, and