Call this post a mental brain dump.
My colleagues and I have been spending more and more time in SecondLife lately, and all the while I’ve been experiencing a growing sense of conflict between the potential of the environment and the traditional curriculum-based structures and expectation of higher education.
On the side of untapped, raw potential there are the immersive aspects of SecondLife.  There is an incredible amount of creativity and diversity interwoven into the fabric of SecondLife, and it is truly inspiring to behold.  Those who can enter the realm with …

I normally don’t link to support resources, but this find has proven so informative I wanted to pass it along.
Linden Labs, the folks who bring us SecondLife, have an amazing support library of videos available for download that cover a wide range of topics.  I only discovered them yesterday but have already watched nearly 20 of them.  They’ve cleared up so much confusion for me!
Anyway the post where I initially found the link was called “‘Inside the Lab’ Podcast, a Discussion on Education in Second Life“.  I’ve yet to read …