Educational Uses of Second Life

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Virtual Campuses

* Campus:Second Life (Pathfinder Linden's hosted space for educators) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Campus/150/100
* Global Kids Island - (The Main Grid location that reports on activities at the Global Kids location in the Teen Grid.) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cincta/89/95/23/
* Harvard Law School's Austin Hall - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/69/54/24/
* Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Hotel & Tourism Management - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Polyusotel/114/158/26/
* New Media Consortium Campus (private sim, Electric Sheep build, free sign up for access; overview movie) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC%20Campus/142/223
* Ohio University Second Life Campus - http://slurl.com/secondlife/ohio%20university/20/36/24/
* Bowling Green State University Virtual Campus - http://slurl.com/secondlife/bowling%20green%20state/140/140/140/
* Northern Illinois University, Glidden Campus - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Glidden/88/166/30/
* The Sistine Chapel (Vassar Island) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/vassar/165/91/24
* Democracy Island (NYLS) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Democracy%20Island/116/220/
* Info Island (Incorporating SL & ICT Libraries, TechSoup) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/52/193/
* Virtual University of Edinburgh (Vue) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vue/205/53/30
* Saint Leo University Virtual Campus- http://slurl.com/secondlife/Saint%20Leo%20University/128/128/41/

Science and Health

* Second life Health education (pbwiki) (Navid Tomlinson) - http://healtheducationsl.pbwiki.com/
* UC Davis' Virtual Hallucinations (James Linden) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/sedig/27/45/22/
* Heart Murmur Sim (medical assessment experiment, built 3/06) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/waterhead/130/37
* The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Second Life - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Juwangsan/218/223
* Second Health - Imperial College, London - Local Hospital Polyclinic
* Second Life Medical Library 2.0/Consumer Health Library/HealthInfo Island - SLurl 1, SLurl 2, SLurl 3
* Spaceport Alpha (incorporating International Spaceflight Museum and Second Life Planetarium by Chaac Amarula) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Spaceport%20Alpha/23/51/22/
* Solar Eclipse Planetarium (Aimee Webber) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Midnight%20City/94/76/27/
* Svarga (Laukosargas Svarog's virtual eco-system) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Svarga/128.0/128.0
* NOAA's Virtual Island - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Meteroa/177/161/27/
* A Sexual Health SIM in Second Life (University of Plymouth) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20UK/33/63/22 (info)
* Genome (Biology, Genetics) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Genome/130/130/48

Places to Learn about Education in SL

* Second Life introduction (Navid Tomlinson) - http://healtheducationsl.pbwiki.com/Introduction+to+Second+Life
* Information & Communications Technology (ICT) Library on Info Island
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Info%20Island/50/199/33/?title=Info%20I...

Places to Learn Second Life Skills

* Academy of Second Learning - http://slurl.com/secondlife/eson/32/162//
* Ivory Tower of Prims (teaches in-world skills) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Natoma/204/70/25/
* Orientation Island (Public version of everyone's first time) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orientation%20Island%20Public/97/155
* Interactive Linden Script Tutorial - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Daydream%20SE%20Islands/206/40

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