Drexel Island on Second Life

College of Arts and Sciences(Donna Murasko, Jean-Claude Bradley)

Drexel Libraries(Jane Bryan, Tim Siftar)

presented byJean-Claude Bradley (CoAS)

May 31, 2007

What is Second Life?

Exponential Increase in Land

Exponential Increase in Use

Exponential Increase in Economy

University Involvement

http://mysocalledsecondlife.com/education_who.html

The Opportunity for Drexel

Offer a rich new environment for teaching and collaboration

Promote Drexel programs through content and networking

Drexel’s Neighborhood

Orientation Area

The Main Building

Teaching: Quizzes and Lectures

Classrooms with Powerpoint

Research

Departmental Information

Enrollment Management

Libraries

iSchool

Mario!

UNC Chapel Hill Building

Buena Vista Treehouse Room

Second Life Best Practices in Education Conference May 25

Next Step

Continue to assist members of the Drexel community to add content and fulfill their missions (Carole Luke, Ken Hartman, James Herbert, etc.)