Hi again :-)
Regarding the latest survey and "hunt for examples". To date we've noted SL
developments by people in/from 67 UK universities (plus colleges). There are
some leads to chase up and responses promised, so we're expecting this
number to rise.
Thus:
+ + + + +
A majority of UK universities are developing, or have developed, something
in Second Life.
+ + + + +
A very fragmented picture is emerging:
- A significant minority of developments are non-public/open to invite only;
the intention of some of these is that they'll never be fully open to all.
The rest am trying to get around to taking pictures and descriptions of, for
inclusion in:
www.flickr.com/photos/silversprite/sets/72157603982005324/
- The majority of developments are "bottom up" or "grassroots" i.e. it's
usually one or more academics or students, often thrown together from
different departments, building stuff. There are a few "top down"
developments coordinated from central institution units, but these are in
the minority. In a few places, central units are unaware of SL developments
elsewhere in their institution :-)
- The reasons for developing in SL are quite diverse e.g. running courses,
running meetings, exhibition of students work, experimenting with the
technology, increasing learning participation, part of funded research,
promoting the institution, or just for the hell of it. And so on.
Basically, there's no standard "This is how most UK universities are going
about developing in SL" model.
There'll be more on all this in the next snapshot report provided by the
Eduserv Foundation:
www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/studies/slsnapshots
Those of you at the UCISA event in Glasgow this week can mob Andy Powell
(he's speaking tomorrow at 9am) for further details.
The Flickr set of pictures will be added to beyond the current snapshot and
kept live long-term.
If you are developing in Second Life, are in a UK university or college, and
haven't got in touch or been harassed by me :-) then please make contact.
Thanks.
Regards,
John Kirriemuir (SL: Silversprite Helsinki; RL: john @ Silversprite.com)
(Research supported by the Eduserv Foundation)
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