University Courses and Projects Using Second Life

ETCV - Summer II, 2007, Fall, 2007 - Introduction to Technology in Education

In this graduate course, students are introduced to the concept of using a virtual world as an instructional space. The instructor uses Second Life for office hours and meetings with his students. Since the students are taking this course at a distance, Second Life provides the instructor with a method for communicating with his students outside of the traditional communication using e-mail and a course management system.

During this course, the voice component of Second Life was introduced and the instructor uses voice and text chat to communicate.

Contact Chris Johnson at cgj@u.arizona.edu for more information.

ETCV 614A - Spring, 2007 - Social Computing

In this graduate course, students are explore the concept of using a virtual world as an instructional space. The instructor uses Second Life for office hours and meetings with his students. Since the students are taking this course at a distance, Second Life provides the instructor with a method for communicating with his students outside of the traditional communication using e-mail and a course management system.

During this course, the voice component of Second Life was introduced and the instructor uses voice and text chat to communicate.

Contact Chris Johnson at cgj@u.arizona.edu for more information.

NATS 101 - Life in the Universe

The Life in the Universe Project was developed by professor Chris Impey as part of his NATS Life in the universe course. Students from his class developed a timeline of the world from its formation to the present day.