E-learning in SecondLife. Che tipo di rivoluzione?

Nel panorama globale prende sempre più piede, con particolare successo, SecondLife come strumento di E-learning per le scuole. Ma come può SecondLife essere utile nell’INSEGNAMENTO?
Il metaverso offre la possibilità di mettere alla prova le proprie abilità, sperimentare nuove idee, ed imparare in modo sicuro dai propri errori. Consente di vivere esperienze di apprendimento in ambienti virtuali globalmente connessi.

Fornisce una serie di nuovi strumenti per l’apprendimento:
1. Learning-by-doing: uno strumento di progettazione 3D immediato e facile da apprendere
2. Co-creation: favorisce l'interazione nella progettazione di gruppo (è possibile lavorare contemporaneamente in gruppo su uno stesso oggetto/progetto)
3. Simulation: offre la possibilità di simulare comportamenti reali in ambienti virtuali con assoluta sicurezza e immediato feedback
4. Prototyping Test: aiuta ad esperire immediatamente e direttamente con un progetto nella sua fase di esecuzione (una mostra, gli interni di un'architettura, un prodotto di design)
5. Virtual Educational Tour: permette di visitare opere di architettura, interni, e persino musei esistenti sparsi lontani nel mondo e già riprodotti in ambienti virtuali (dal Padiglione di Barcellona di Mies Van Der Rohe fino alla Cappella Sistina)
6. Collaborations & Exchange: permette un rapido e diretto confronto con altre università presenti in Second Life (già in gran numero) e con aziende ed istituzioni che utilizzano o vogliono utilizzare questa piattaforma.
7. Video (podcast and streaming): dà la possibilità di interventi e contributi didattici a distanza
8. Collaboration beetween students and educators: dà la possibilità agli studenti di utilizzare l’unicità dell’ambiente virtuale per creare insieme ai propri insegnanti le esperienze didattiche e i lavori sperimentali.
9. Distance learnig and teaching: avere delle aule connesse globalmente offre la possibilità di partecipare alle lezioni a distanza sia agli studenti che agli insegnanti.

E' importante ricordare che, nel caso in cui sia dimostrabile che il progetto svolto da un’azienda, un ente o un istituto in Second Life è a scopo educativo o no profit, i costi di acquisto e della tassa di mantenimento mensile beneficiano del 50% di sconto: il costo di una sim presso LindenLab è quindi di 837,50 dollari una tantum e quello del mantenimento pari a 147,50 dollari/mese.

Molte Università sono già operative in SecondLife, ne segnaliamo alcune:

Università di Torino UNITO
http://www.unito.it/rss/permalink-361.htm

Politecnico di Milano
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vulcano/100/150/50

Università CaFoscari Licao di Venezia
Virtual Community

Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari
http://www.unica.it
per info: webmaster@unica.it - secondlife@unica.it
Virtual Community

Universita' degli Studi di Siena
www.unisi.it
Virtual Community

A Ilha Vestibular Brasil
A full island dedicated only to brazilian higher education schools
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Vestibular%20Brasil/128/128/22/

Aachen, RWTH University, Germany
WISE: Research platform WISe Environments
http://www.w-i-s-e.net/

Aarhus Business College: Aarhus, Denmark
http://www.aabc.dk/ http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kirkby/119/26/57

Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
http://www.abo.fi/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Eduisland%20II/142/218/22/

Anglia Ruskin University
at Cambridge and Chelmsford, UK
http://www.anglia.ac.uk/

Arcada University of Applied Sciences: Helsingfors, Finland
http://www.arcada.fi/

The Art Institute of California-San Diego San Diego, CA
http://www.artinstitutes.edu/sandiego

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA
http://www.artinstitutes.edu/pittsburgh/index.asp

Audiocourses Music Production School: London, United Kingdom
http://www.audiocourses.com/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Audio/33/127/31
http://audiocourses.pbwiki.com/

Australian Film TV and Radio School: Sydney, Australia
http://www.lamp.edu.au/
http://aftrs.edu.au/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Esperance/66/136/31

Ball State University: Muncie, IN
http://www.bsu.edu/

The Bay School of San Francisco: San Francisco, CA
http://www.bayschoolsf.org/

Beach College: Santa Barbara, CA
Entirely online in SL and Moodle on Belle Isle

Birdie Newborn, Dean (birdie.newborn@gmail.com)
spoonsors Beach Teacher Collective for independent educators
http://www.beachcollege.net/

Bentley College - Department of Natural and Applied Sciences: Waltham, MA
http://www.bentley.edu/sciences/

Boise State University, Dept. of EdTech
Supporting EDTECH Island in SL
http://edtech.boisestate.edu/

Bournemouth University, The School of Health & Social Care (HSC): Bournemouth, United Kingdom
http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20UK%202/222/19/22

Bowling Green State University
http://www.bgsu.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Bowling%20Green%20State/113/171/

Bradley University, Peoria, IL-- Multimedia Program via NMC and Library on Info Island
http://www.bradley.edu/
http://slane.bradley.edu/com/faculty/lamoureux/website2/slstuff.html

Bridges for Women Society
http://www.bridgesforwomen.ca/

Bromley College of Further and Higher Education: Greater London, United Kingdom
http://www.bromley.ac.uk/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Daydream%20SE%20Islands/206/40

Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Buena%20Vista/102/80/24

Buffalo State College Buffalo, NY
http://www.buffalostate.edu/

California State University - Pomona: Pomona, CA
http://www.csupomona.edu/

Central Piedmont Community College - Futures Institute: Charlotte, North Carolina
http://www.cpcc.edu/

Chapman University: Orange, CA
http://www.chapman.edu/

Clemson University: Clemson, South Carolina
http://www.clemson.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Teaching/203/41/22

Cochise College
http://www.cochise.edu/

College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University: Montclair, NJ
http://chss.montclair.edu/

College of Internet Distance Education of Assumption University
Bangkok, Thailand Providing eLearning Degree Programs to study 100% thru the Internet and get real degree from Assumption University.
http://www.elearning.au.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Charming/69/140/25

Columbia College Chicago: Chicago, IL
http://www.colum.edu/
http://iam.colum.edu/community/manifestSL/

Columbia University: New York, NY
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/

Devry University: Oakbrook, IL
http://www.devry.edu/

Duke University: Durham, NC
http://www.duke.edu/

Drexel University: Philadelphia, PA
http://www.drexel.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drexel/

Dyersburg State Community College: Dyersburg, TN
http://www.dscc.edu/

East Tennessee State University: Johnson City, TN
http://www.etsu.edu/

Edinburgh University: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
http://www.ed.ac.uk/
http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning

Elon University: Elon, NC
http://www.elon.edu/

Empire State College, SUNY: Many locations across NY state and beyond.
http://www.esc.edu/

ENST Bretagne : Telecom Bretagne France
http://www.enst-bretagne.fr/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Telecom%20Bretagne/176/187/38

Finger Lakes Community College: Canandaigua, NY
http://www.flcc.edu/

Fontys University of Applied Sciences: Netherlands
http://www.fontys.nl/
http://www.fontys.nl/pth/projecten
http://slurl.com/secondlife/fontys/128/110/30

Fullerton College: Fullerton, CA
http://www.fullcoll.edu/

Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture University of Houston: Houston, TX
http://www.arch.uh.edu/

Glendale Community College Glendale AZ
http://gc.maricopa.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/GCCAz/19/222/22/

Graz, Austria, Technical University, Institut für Wohnbau
Housing Department - http://wohnbau.tugraz.at/
SL project - http://miracle.ortlos.org/

goFluent, Global solutions for learning english Anytime Anywhere :
http://www.gofluent.com/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20Island/107/193/29/?x=640&y=480&i...

Harvard University: Cambridge, Mass.
http://www.harvard.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berkman/105/74/35

Heinrich-Heine-Universität: Düsseldorf, Germany
http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/European%20University/214/124/26

Helicon Opleidingen "Netherlands, land based studies at 11 colleges"
http://www.helicon.nl/content.jsp?objectid=7631
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Helicon%20Campus/124/114/23

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - School of Hotel & Tourism Management
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Polyusotel/128/128
http://virtel.shtm.polyu.edu.hk/sotel/

Orientation program for 1st year students joining the University
Huddersfield University, West Yorkshire, UK
http://eduspaces.net/secondlife/weblog/
http://secondlifeproject.pbwiki.com/

Idaho State University: Pocatello, Idaho.
http://www.isu.edu/irh

Illinois State University: Normal, IL
http://www.ilstu.edu/

Indiana University: Bloomington, IN
http://www.indiana.edu/

Insead
http://www.insead.com/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Freswick/234/135/45

Iowa State University: Ames, IA
http://www.iastate.edu/

Ithaca College - Roy H. Park School of Communication
http://www.ithaca.edu/rhp

Johnson & Wales University: Providence, RI & 5 Western States
http://www.jwu.edu/

Kalamazoo Valley Community College: Kalamazoo, MI
http://www.kvcc.edu/

Labette Community College: Parsons, KS
http://www.labette.edu/
http://slurl.com/secondlif/wodka/242/147/45

Lancaster University: Lancaster, UK
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/

Lawrence University: Appleton, WI
http://www.lawrence.edu/

Lazarski School of Commerce and Law. Warsaw, Poland
http://www.lazarski.pl/

Leeds College of Art and Design: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/the%20collective/128/128/100
http://ddmcollective.blogspot.com/

Leeds Metropolitan University: West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/

Lehigh Carbon Community College: Schnecksville, PA
http://collegeenglish.wikispaces.com/

Loyalist College: Belleville, ON, Canada
http://www.loyalistcollege.com/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA
http://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/sl
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MIT/51/35/23/?title=Massachusetts%20Institut...
http://web.mit.edu/

Mayville State University: Mayville, ND
http://www.mayvillestate.edu/

Minneapolis College of Art and Design: Minneapolis, MN
http://www.mcad.edu/

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/MNSCU/128/128/0
http://www.mnscu.edu/

Mohawk College: Hamilton, ON, CA
http://www.mohawkcolleg/

Ohio University:
http://vital.cs.ohiou.edu/vitalwiki/index.php/Ohio_University_Second_Lif...

University of Plymouth: Devon, UK
http://sl-sexualhealth.org.uk/
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Education%20UK/33/63/22

Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln
University of Applied Sience Cologne Official Website German Second Life SLURL Create a new SL-Account and start at the University SIM Additional Wiki for Organisation the virtual University (in german)
Tufts University
Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning department slURL

Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City Universidad Iberoamericana