The New Me
Originally uploaded by acousticdad
This is my alter ego in Second Life, Zapp Aeon. I freely admit the name has a total sci fi geek ring to it. The origin is a combination of two cartoon characters: Aeon Flux and Zapp Brannigan from Family Guy. I can’t say I resemble either in personality, but I’m happy with my Second Life persona nonetheless.

I’ve spent the last nearly 6 years in the field of educational technology, however this time has focussed primarily on the application, support and delivery sides of the equation rather than the realm of educational theory. In this sense I have room to grow; and I’m looking at my research project into the educational applications of Second Life as an opportunity to do just that.
So far I have read a whole lot of material and case studies, and during this period several common themes have begun to arise with …

The Second Life in Education wiki described the New Media Consortium (NMC) Campus (SLurl) as:
“the largest educational prescence in Second Life and supports events, classes, demonstrations, art exhibitions and learning experiences.”
This is the next stop in my ongoing research into the current educational uses of Second Life. Watch this space for my findings.
In the meantime the NMC Campus wiki is available here: http://sl.nmc.org/wiki/Main_Page
Having just discovered this site I still have some reading to do, but from what I’ve seen there is a great deal of information available on introductory …

eDNA has a fantastic podcast interview available featuring Lindy McKeown and Jo Kay covering use of Second Life in education. The interview discusses the pedagogical/learning models possible in SL, how they see its place relative to other technologies such as emerging social software (e.g. blogs and wikis), and more “traditional” eLearning applications such as Learning Management Systems; and some of the hurdles faced by educators in uptake and use of the application.
In some ways Second Life, and to a large degree social software/web 2.0 tech in general, epitomise the …

Library of Congress Exhibit Now Open In Second Life
Originally uploaded by Pathfinder Linden
It’s late so just a few mental notes to return to later.
“The Library 2.0 has been working with the Library of Congress on a Declaration of Independence display that was officially announced and which opened yesterday on Info Island in Second Life. The exhibit includes dioramas, streamed audio, text in the form of larger-than-life documents and SL notecards, information kiosks and even period furniture.”Read about it here, and visit it here.
Walking among larger-than-life photo …