University of Delaware Second Life Educators
For faculty & staff creating educational learning experiences, highlighting research, and sharing ideas on the UD islands in Second Life.
Welcome to UD-SLED!
We will place announcements here for the UD-SLED campus user group along with other Second Life events, both in world and in real life, to highlight promising Second Life projects. Please share your ideas, SL experiences, photos and recommendations for sims to visit.
We hope that you will use this site to:
* Share your SL experiences with others
* Share your ideas for new projects and collaborative opportunities
* Blog about your SL projects or upcoming events in your areas of interest
* Form a group with others from all over the world in your area of study in SL
* Recommend interesting sims to visit.
* Share your photos
When uploading your images, please tag your SL images with Second Life in the tag line provided.
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Call for submissions: Anthology on feminist pedagogy and media
Ohio State University in RL) has sent out this call for submissions.
Consider a submission and please pass along this call to others.
CFP (Publication)
Feminist Cyberspaces: Pedagogies in Transition
Editors: Carolyn Bitzer, Sharon Collingwood, Alvinia Quintana, and Caroline Smith
Description
Want to let your friends know you're studying in the library? Update your Facebook status. Just… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on January 29, 2010 at 8:52am
Second Life - EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Conference
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All of these events will be taking place on the Penn State World Campus, see below for SLURL. One does not need to be a member of EDUCAUSE or ELI to attend these Second Life events - all are welcome!
EDUCAUSE Learning I… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on January 19, 2010 at 6:20am
Avataricide - from Workplace Learning today
Ener Hax’s account was disabled by Facebook. Who is Ener Hax you ask? Well, she is a pink haired and winged avatar from SecondLife.
As a result of Facebook’s actions, there have been some interesting discussions. Says David (Subquark Hax, in-world),
There are very real assets tied to the name [Ener Hax]. There are real world items and business that belong to that virtual identity, to an… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on January 13, 2010 at 6:54am
Second Life Converge article - City Tech Gets a ‘Second Life’
Several classes are involved with developing the City Tech's presence in Second Life, a virtual digital world created by its more than nine million “residents.” In this world, alter egos (avatars) they have constructed live, play and work in immersive environments — artificial, interactive, computer-created scenes or “… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on January 12, 2010 at 12:09pm
Getting to the Root of STEM Education- Free SL Conference
UCLA College Library. The conference is free for SL particpents. You can register from Nov. 20- the day for the conference
Hello. This is a reminder to sign up for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) information literacy program, in person at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), or for free, through Second Life. Please note that the program is co-sponsored by the Sc… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on November 21, 2009 at 6:36am
Virtual Praxis.2 Women’s International Community in Second Life
Last year's conference was really great and the line up this year looks fantastic!
The program starts Saturday at 9:00 am SLT (12:00 ET) with orientation activities. These will help you build your skills, so you feel comfortable in your avatar during the conference. If you are new to Second Life I… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on November 19, 2009 at 7:28am
Second Life Duty Is Now Required for Penn State's Online Advisers
Denver -- Plenty of colleges have a presence in Second Life. Pennsylvania State University is taking that a step further. Academic advisers at the university’s online campus are now required to be available for meetings with students in the virtual world every week, a Penn State official said during last week’s Educause conference here.
Students on the real campus get to chat with their advisers face to face. Now online students who never set foot there can do… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on November 13, 2009 at 6:52am
Second Life economy hits major milestones in Q3: 1 Billion Total User Hours, 1 Billion in User-to-User transactions
There's been a good deal of chatter about these numbers in the news. I thought I would post the stats page for your convenience.
Linden Stats Page:
https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/features/blog/2009/11/02/the-second-life-economy--third-quarter-2009-in-d… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on November 13, 2009 at 6:19am
Thinkerer Melville Writes About Google Wave On His Rezzable Blog
Read the full article at:… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on November 9, 2009 at 9:08am — 1 Comment
Google Gives You A Privacy Dashboard To Show Just How Much It Knows About you
The more Google products you use, the more data it collects about everything you do online—your search history, your emails, the blogs and news sites you read, which videos you watch on YouTube, your news alerts, tasks ,and even shopping lists. For some of these, you need to explicitly grant Google permission to keep track of data associated with your profile. But it’s hard to keep up with everything Google is tracking.
So now the company is launching… Continue
Posted by Firery Broome on November 5, 2009 at 6:46am
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