Episode Listing for Best Practices in Education
Go to 5 years of Creative Research in Second Life
5 years of Creative Research in Second Life

Episode 44 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Terry Beaubois has been successfully using Second Life for teaching architecture and community design to a state-wide distributed group of universities in Montana

Go to Maslow's Hierarchical Hideaway in Second Life: What was I thinking?
Maslow's Hierarchical Hideaway in Second Life: What was I thinking?

Episode 42 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Jackie Gerstein gives an informal and casual tour of her surprising and fun build in Second Life that lets learners explore the concepts of Maslow's pyramid of human needs at their own pace

Go to WoW (World of Warcraft) in Schools
WoW (World of Warcraft) in Schools

Episode 43 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Maggie Marat and Lucus Gillespie share their success story of how they engaged at-risk students in learning, team building and collaboration with a WoW after school program

Go to The Rise of Avatars in Loosely Coupled Social Networks for Military Learning Innovations 
The Rise of Avatars in Loosely Coupled Social Networks for Military Learning Innovations 

Episode 41 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Using virtual simulations for training is not exactly a new concept for the military, but Andy Stricker, Distributed Learning Architect at Air University shows us how they are using virtual worlds to teach leadership using 3D games in Second Life.

Go to Learning in 3D: A New Educational Dimension
Learning in 3D: A New Educational Dimension

Episode 40 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Authors of "Learning in 3D" Karl Kapp and Tony O'Driscoll share their thoughts about why they believe this book is needed and some insights from selected chapters

Go to Teaching Mathematics in Virtual Worlds
Teaching Mathematics in Virtual Worlds

Episode 39 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Randall Holmes, a mathematician, has started to use Second Life to teach basic math to students and shares a lot of the nuts & bolts conclusions about how well it works.

Go to Education and the SL Ecosystem
Education and the SL Ecosystem

Episode 38 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Terrence Linden shares his data analysis info from Linden Lab to show how the education community in Second Life has evolved and how new tools & features considered mainly for enterprise users will also greatly enhance virtual teaching and learning.

Go to Virtual Worlds, Culture, and Change
Virtual Worlds, Culture, and Change

Episode 37 Broadcast 13 March 2010

Join metaverse blogger Dusan Writer in a great conversation with anthropologist and author Tom Boellstorff as they look at the way a unique culture has evolved within Second Life