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San Jose State Works with Angel Learning on Second Life Integration
7/17/2008
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Jeremy Kemp, assistant director of the SLIS Second Life Campus, will lead the project. Kemp keeps the official wiki for educators using the Second Life immersive environment and previously helped develop the Sloodle integration between an open source course management system and Second Life. Under Kemp's leadership, SLIS opened its Second Life island about a year ago. The school's graduate students use it to meet in virtual spaces with their instructors and peers, construct 3D objects and exhibits, and make presentations through their avatars.
"We are pleased to join with Angel Learning on this shared exploration," said Ken Haycock, SLIS director. "Together, we hope to learn more about how to successfully integrate two key tools that play a vital role in today's higher education environment--combining the engaging qualities of 3D settings with the sound pedagogical framework of a world-class learning management system."
"Second Life is a fascinating glimpse of the union of synchronous and social technologies, and Jeremy and his team have distinguished themselves as thought leaders in integrating them with LMS technologies," said Ray Henderson, chief products officer at Angel Learning. "This new virtual drop box offers an intriguing way for students to share evidence of their activity in a virtual world with faculty through a mechanism familiar to the LMS."
This announcement follows Angel's introduction of a Second Life "nugget" in recently released version 7.3 of the Angel LMS, which provides a link from the learning management system to the Angel Learning Isle in Second Life, inaugurated in May 2007.
Angel Learning Isle is open to educators for experimentation in the use of virtual collaboration technologies in online learning.
The Angel Learning Isle customer-led steering committee has published a paper, "The Power of Virtual Worlds in Education," for those interested in learning more about using SL in education.
Dian Schaffhauser is a writer who covers technology and business. Send your higher education technology news to her at dian@dischaffhauser.com.
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