Keynote address for the Jossey-Bass Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) Conference, October 6-8, 2008 held at http://home.learningtimes.net/otl This presentation includes 2008 activities and updated references. The lamp project may be obtained from Lyr Lobo in Second Life.

1. Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier Cynthia Calongne Colorado Technical University Online Teaching and Learning Conference, October 7, 2008

3. Eric McLuhan in Second Life SLCN machinima October 27, 2007 http://slcn.tv/media-ecology-eric-mcluhan

4. Presence Who are these people?

7. Colorado Tech Island Classes and live music festivals on Colorado Tech in SL Student projects are displayed on the Boardwalk and on Lyr Lobo’s class islands

8. Imaginative Learning Spaces Bardic storytelling circle in the foreground; fairytale designs

9. Instructor and student-designed projects Creative and innovative environments Spaces where students can get messy and learn

10. Virtual Office Hours Underwater office - a window with a view!

12. Second Life Classes at CTU MGM 845 Strategic Thinking CS 855 Socio-technical Futuring 10+ classes taught in Second Life

13. Robotics Projects Four projects were created during a 3-week class session

14. Blended Reality Meetings Use of games in education The MacArthur Foundation answers Lyr Lobo’s question during the Fall 2006 NMC Symposium in Second Life Avatars in Second Life interact with the panel

15. MBA 770 Class at Wright State Shu Shiller’s students participate in a collaboration exercise in Second Life

17. Communicating with students in Second Life Left to right Teleport Group Notice 2nd row Voice Chat (*) Instant Message URLs embedded

18. Shall we dance? Movement in Second Life

19. Learning Times Reception Dance animation menu displays after clicking the floor; control menus on screen

20. Social Networking A screenshot of the reception in Second Life from a dual monitor system; notice Twitter in the back channel

22. Science Comes to Life The National Physics Laboratory presents the advances in Nanotechnology Interactive Nano Labs

23. Virtual World Learning Spaces Nanotechnology Lab in Second Life, an asynchronous learning environment

24. Middle School Students at Ramapo Roleplay and conflict in an immersive literature class Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, portrayed by Suffern Middle School students

25. Interactivities Human barometer activity Futuring and Innovation students take a stand CTU students shop for academic regalia at the NMC Orientation island

26. Bridging Classes Together A student created a monorail and sent it up 300 meters to the visit another class. Not unlike running down the hall to visit a different class

27. Virtual Hallucinations University of Queensboro University of Calif, Davis Survey Instrument in SL Voices and Perception

28. Modeling the Problem

29. Crooked House You never run out of house as it rolls over while you walk

30. CS 820 at CTU included novice users who learned to build their class projects

31. A self-guided tutorial for building a 20-minute project

32. Student projects and class content on display at Acheron LV426

33. Students new to SL create class projects and conduct usability tests in a virtual world

34. Evaluating Student Work Conducting usability tests of two accessibility projects

44. Second Life: Teaching Tips from the Virtual Frontier Cynthia Calongne Lyr Lobo in Second Life [email_address] http://ctusoftware.blogspot.com www.slideshare.net/lyrlobo For more information Copyright Cynthia M. Calongne, 2008. Permission is granted for this material to be shared under a Creative Commons Attribution - Share Alike 3.0 United States. Second Life is a trademark of Linden Lab. No infringement is intended. Images of the SL interface are the property of Linden Lab.