Hello All! My first experience with second life was in Dr. Lenze’s COMM 302 class when I was a sophomore and I wasn’t completely blown away by it, but nonetheless, I found it interesting. I thought it was cool that I could create my own character that could function in the given environment and communicate with other people. This was my primary method of communication with him throughout the course because his avatar was always in his virtual office when he said he would be. Now, let’s jump ahead to our project. I think using Second Life for learning, not just for pirate games, but for other subjects as well could have potential. First of all, Second Life should really focus on fixing the glitches in its world. After all, quality is better than quantity and Second Life has so much content, yet a character might freeze up walking through a house or other glitches. Next, if an organization decides to use Second Life, they should make sure their computers are up-to-date in order to be able to effectively run the program. This way the experience will be more effective. In conclusion, Second Life has much potential. As long as the content is within the game and with continuous improvement to the software, Second Life could become an effective learning medium.
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Jake, I agree that Second Life could be very beneficial to learning, but it is far too glitchy to be a serious contender in the virtual learning environment.
I had the opposite opinion of using Second Life as an educational resource. Especially in the business world. There was a learning curve just to be able to create an avatar and maneuver in this 3D world. Most of the trainer developers that I have worked with through the years have little to no programming skills. There was a certain level of programming needed to create the various objects….even if it was modifying existing objects.
Good call, Jake. Looking past the glitches, second life’s potential could be very high with improvements.
Great point, Jake. The learning experience would be more beneficial if the learner didn’t have to worry about glitches throughout the instruction.
Second Life is great because it’s free! As far as a free software goes, it could be worse. With many of the gliches worked out, the possibilties are endless.
I think all of us agree that this software is awesome but it needs some improvement, but dont forget that it is a free software.