Learning & Teaching in SL | Education UK – An island in Second Life to support learning & teaching
A brief article outling some of the potential benefits (and drawbacks) of Learning & Teaching in Second Life.
BBC NEWS | Education | Brown backs ‘personal’ learning
In Brown backs ‘personal’ learning the BBC reports a speech by Gordon Brown to the Labour Party annual conference in which he backs increased provision of ‘personal’ learning within schools. Learning personal to each pupil — educational available to all, not one —size fits all, but responding to individual needs.
Metaplace Forums – View topic – Unofficial Fansite Links
Despite only being in a closed alpha testing phase Metaplace has already spawned a host of unofficial fan sites set up by gamers and developers to help each other make the most of it, including a facebook group and a developer wiki.
Twitter + Second Life = Spontaneous Web Meetspace
Duncan Riley at Techcrunch talks about using Twitter to hook up with other people for an impromptu meeting in Second Life. It sounds a whole lot more engaging than the average telephone conference call.