I just realized that I’ve been a resident of SL for 2 years now. I just started getting busy in it again in preparation of an honors class I’m going to team teach with Brock. I’ll SL will also be the the basis for an independent study/qualifying exam and my dissertation.
This is fantastic news, having this opportunity open up. I think the timing is right and we’re going to make it the theme of Lunches on Learning and some faculty development initiatives.

What’s different about SL in terms of teaching and learning? Besides the obvious? From a Gibsonian affordances angle, I’d say there are a host of sociocultural and material affordances in SL that have the potential to help us re-event education. According to Linden Labs, as of last year, there were 80 islands dedicated to education.