Catch my EDUCAUSE presentation today with Larry Johnson and Alan Levine from NMC on:The Next Generation of Digital Learning Spaces: Exploring the frontier of Virtual Worlds
Here is the abstract:
Virtual worlds afford many possibilities for both students and faculty to enhance the learning experience. With these affordances come challenges that need to be addressed for successful implementation into the curriculum. This presentation will provide case studies and examples of educational opportunities available in virtual worlds, specifically focused on the Second Life environment, to address issues related to (1) training and support, (2) curriculum integration, and (3) emerging best practices.
Alan is going to give an introduction to Second Life by actually trying to use Second Life in the demo, he and I are doing a role play scenario with a faculty member and then Larry will finish up with a few comments on the future. Hope I remember my lines … 
This is the first time we have tried to merge SL with RL at a conference presentation … having a number of people listening to the presentation in Second Life, while we are giving it in real life …
