‘Second Life’ Archive

Community Colleges in SL, Most recent list of. February 21, 2008 No Comments

Please click on “Resources” to see a current list of Colleges who have declared their presence in SL. Not on the list? Email me at notmarian@gmail.com or leave a comment. 4-27-08: Update! The CCSL wiki has the most recent list. PLEASE add your College information! http://ccsl.wetpaint.com

CCSL Meets again! No Comments

The Community Colleges in SL group met again to talk about issues with some of our colleagues in IT being none-to-thrilled about our wanting to teach in virtual spaces. After much deliberation (and mutinous grumbling), we finally came to the conclusion that it is not so much that our IT people want to stop us [...]

London Fashion Week February 17, 2008 No Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } on/off London Fashion Week, originally uploaded by notmarian. Here is a great opportunity for fashion design students to experience London Fashion Week’s OnOff event. This exhibition features both established and up [...]

Open Croquet February 15, 2008 No Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Croquet, originally uploaded by notmarian. Just attended a session on Croquet at the IOC 2008 conference. Mark McCahill (Duke) discussed this open source 3-D virtual environment for education. Totally fascinating take [...]

Community Colleges SL Group meetings! February 10, 2008 No Comments

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } CCSL Mentoring Session, originally uploaded by notmarian. So I started this group called “Community Colleges in SL” (CCSL) within Second Life. It now has over 100 members and is growing by [...]