Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J.Assistant Director, Second Life Campus

San José State UniversitySchool of Library & Information Science

SJSU Campus overview

Media

• SJSU on KQED– 7:00 minutes (Exec, Opening)

Information wrappedin emotion

• “botched lobotomy… a time-sucking black hole”

• “revolutionary breakthrough… disruptive innovation”

• It riled you up, makes your blood boil or your endorphins flow.

This really is ...

Collaboration

Cumulativity

“Stigmergy”=swarm intelligence

Concreteness Fading

AbstractRepresentation

ConcreteRepresentation

ConcreteRepresentation

AbstractRepresentation

Goldstone. “The Transfer of Scientific PrinciplesUsing Concrete and Idealized Simulations. JLS, 14, 69-110.

“FADE”

Concreteness

Abstraction

IBM Gamers as Leaders

“We believe that online gaming provides a window into the future of organizations and the leadership capabilities necessary to guide enterprises to success.”

Where to go for more information

• www.simteach.com• www.secondlife.com• www.sloodle.com• slisweb.sjsu.edu

Thank you!

Jeremy Kemp, M.Ed, M.S.J.Jkemp@slis.sjsu.edu

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/sl

Who am I?

Entered Virtual Social Worlds 1998-Dosimetry Online (Stanford) 2001WebCT Admin (SJSU) 2001-Heart Murmur Sim (2nd Life) 2006Simteach.com Wiki 2006-Sloodle.com 2006-SL Community Conv. Co-Chair 2006/7SJSU SLIS Island 2007-